1. 1b. Genetically, both of my parents are quiet people. Especially my mother, she does not like to talk too much, and can sit on the same place to watch TV or read a book for the whole day. She passed on me her quiet gene, so that I could be quiet like her. Moreover, my parents divorced when I was seven. My mother regarded this event as my biggest life transition so far. She said that even though I was quiet before their separation, I was not being so quiet to the level of scared to talk to people. After their marriage ended, my mother married to my stepfather. Living in a stepfamily will never be easy. She started to set higher and more strict disciplines on me, because she did not want people to look down on us. When I think back to those