Many professors don't even show up to their classes without telling their students or give grades based on favoritism or even randomly! This is a huge problem that runs deep.
At the same time, job opportunities are limited for the youth, even if they have a college degree. Those who do not pursue a higher education sometime just go into the family business of trade or crafts. Girls in these smaller towns are often not encouraged to pursue an education but rather to get married and start a family, sometimes through an arranged marriage.
Overall, the culture of community revolves around family. The idea of living on your own and independently is not normal here. You live with your parents even while pursuing an education so you don't have to work (if there is any). Often times, when a child gets married there is a meeting between the parents' of the two families to discuss benefits of the marriage and also which house the new couple will live in to build their family. As they grow, they also take care of their aging parents at the same time. It is a family cycle.
There is a strong sense of community in Morocco that I really enjoy. It seems that America's system of capitalism has flipped our priorities in life, putting work above family sometimes. But, the reality here is that they don't even have the opportunities to work. There is a high unemployment rate of youth (<25 years old) who do nothing in their day but hang out at the cafe with their friends with money from their parents or stay at home. The girls and women often stay in the home cleaning and cooking and taking care of the kids (in the context of towns, and still common in cities, too).
