Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Efficiency and the Pace of Life

At the teacher's conference this last week, some of the other ex-pat teachers and I were discussing life in Morocco.

When I was asked directly how I liked it here, I said the first thing that came to mind: "I really enjoy the pace of life. People have time to hang out, to get a coffee, to drop what they're doing and spend hours helping you with some simple task. That's hard to find in the United States sometimes."

Another ex-pat, who has lived here much longer than me, chimed in: "Yeah, but what happens with that same mentality when you really need to get something done?"

He's right. So far, I haven't had any real emergencies or necessary paperwork situations.

When that day comes, I'll be able to more fully judge life here in Morocco.

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