Power Outages and Baby Having

Classes are a bit different here than in the United States. For example, the other day I was sitting in my culture and development class and we were taking notes when the power just goes out. This might not have been a problem except for the fact that it is a night class. So we sat around in the dark waiting for power to return. Meanwhile, the lecturer is walking all around and we are not sure if he is leaving and if we can go too. Finally he announces that we will wait just 30 minutes (classes are only 2 hours!) to see if power comes back. So we are just waiting in total darkness and it gets to about 20 minutes and the lights come on and we continue with class. Wow the things you dont think about back home. Also, I am in this Culture and Reproductive Health class and we were having a discussion about marriage and children and this girl in class turns and asks if I am married. As I reply NO WAY, I notice that she has a ring on her finger as does the other guy that I'm sitting with. Whoa people get married young. Salima also has a 2 and a half year old daughter who lives several hours away in the North of Ghana with her husband. They ask me all of these questions about when I am going to get married and how many kids I want and all of these things...and I'm like wow...umm im years away from thinking about marriage at all...and i dont even know if i will get married or want kids... which is like a totally foreign idea here. Funny to think how our lives are so different and we are both sitting in class, learning about pronatalism in African culture. I feel so young and carefree compared to my peers...