There is a special life stage that our generation goes through. It is the 1)_()_period, during which we move from teenage to adolescence. We learn who we are and what we stand for and what inspires us. Also, in this period we are 2) _()_with a lot of pressure from our parents who want us to make something out of ourselves.My parents have already expressed feelings of 3)_()_over my future with academics and life. When I expressed to them recently that I would not mind graduating in five years instead of four in order to study abroad to 4) _()_myself with the world, they seemed so shocked. That idea sounded foreign,and to them was 5) _()_to lack of ambition.
Apart from that, my mother has 6)_()_to me that she is worried that I am not searching for a boyfriend. I 7)_()_this stupid idea of marrying out of college since it does not suit me one bit. Women today can get what they want out of life without a man, even children, as it becomes more 8) _()_for women to adopt children.
I personally want to stay in school as long as I can to 9)_()_my academic work, possibly complete a law degree and start a career, and then after, and only after, begin to think about 10)_()_to marriage. If my math is correct, that means I will be more or less "ready" for marriage at the age of 29 or 30, the age when my mother had me.
A-.anxiety B-.introduce C-.acquaint D-.acquisition E-.saddled F-indicated G-.resent H-.reinforce I-.expressed J-.sensible K-.transition L.-equivalent M-.regretting N-.acceptable O-.shifting