The one difference I thought about the US and Ethiopia was the presence of institutions and systems for everything. Compared to most of the world, the US has very stable and structured systems in place for most things.
Having lived in the US for so many years now, I have forgotten how things work back home. I have a friend who just decided on moving back to see if he and his wife with two kids may like it back home.
He stopped by last week and was telling us about his experience. He shared a lot of interesting things. The one thing that got my attention was how network is everything back home. If you didn't know someone that worked in a specific institution or office, it would take forever to get anything done. He mentioned that everything was based on favors. Today you do something for someone and the next he would return the favor. The more such I Owe You's you accumulate, the easier and smoother everything gets.
You just can't live on your own back home. Everything is community based.
Having lived in the US for so many years now, I have forgotten how things work back home. I have a friend who just decided on moving back to see if he and his wife with two kids may like it back home.
He stopped by last week and was telling us about his experience. He shared a lot of interesting things. The one thing that got my attention was how network is everything back home. If you didn't know someone that worked in a specific institution or office, it would take forever to get anything done. He mentioned that everything was based on favors. Today you do something for someone and the next he would return the favor. The more such I Owe You's you accumulate, the easier and smoother everything gets.
You just can't live on your own back home. Everything is community based.
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