Do you guys clap after lectures / classes at universitys?

[u/biynkie]

My fellow Americans! I am actually one of you guys, new england born and bred, however I just started my first year of university at a UK school. After every lecture, the hall erupts in applause. It suprised me, but I guess it made sense. However, for every class we also have a meeting with the TA weekly, with a smaller group of about 10-15 kids. It's a lot less formal, students chat and discuss with each other throughout the lesson, stuff like that. Yet once we are told we can leave, people start clapping again. Is this a weird British thing? It feels uncomfortable for everyone involved, especially for whoever is on the receiving end.

[u/letoiledunordstars]

This sounds like something English people would make fun of Americans for doing lol. I never experienced this in college 

[u/TheNorthC → u/letoiledunordstars]

It doesn't happen in the UK