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Personal details

My name is ……Blanka…. I am..21. years old. I live at ….Hunyadi ……. street in Egyek…..
with my …parents……... My phone number …06302129041……… is. My e-mail address is
……blankafricz1025@gmail.com……….. . I attend to
Debreceni Egyetem in Debrecen. Before that I attended to ……… My class is specialized in
English. My mother language is Hungarian and I learn English and German. My short-term
aims are to take …diploma…………. . I want to work in a well-paid position, which connects
to ……… Based on my studies, I am an
extroverted/introverted person, who likes/doesn’t like to be in community. I like to get
advice from my family and friends, I mainly trust on my own decisions and intuitions. I
am a thinking person, too, who tries to make decision logically, not sensitively.
I consider myself a good listener.
When people have any problems they usually talk to me to ask for advice. I am quick to make
decisions. I am a born optimist/pessimist. On the whole, I am not satisfied with
myself. If I were given the opportunity to change something about myself with a click of the
fingers I would definitely change endurance…………. . I take after both of my parents in
my character. I am …look like……….. as my father. I am ……… as my mother. My friends
say I am …look like as my mom……… . As
for my appearance, …………. I have …average style…… I prefer …basic……. clothes. All
in all, I am satisfied with my appearance.

My family:
I am from a small/medium-sized/big family. I live with my …parents……. . I get on
well with my family members. They…….. can’t make me angry easily. I think my parents
help me to become independent, because I get freedom in my decisions.
In my family, both my mother and father work. Luckily, my parents
share the household duties, however my mother does the most of it and my father does
gardening and DIY jobs, for example repairing the house, fixes dripping taps, and broken shelfs.
Since the quarantine I have been doing a lot of homework, so I haven’t got enough time to do
lot of housework, and help for my parents. I usually …help for them,but not every day.…
My grandparents
live…Nagymajor…… I visit them ……regularly…… . I really like my grandparents, however
I think that we have the opposite opinion in several topics, due to the generation gap which is
between us. It would have ideal if I had had an older/younger sister or brother, because
it means like a close friend. Being an only child is not good because they are usually spoilt
and it causes several problems in the future, for example, they can communicate and work
with other people. If you have siblings you learn how to handle anger and jealousy; share
things and deal with selfishness; look after each other; respect others’ opinions and
negotiate issues; develop a healthy competitiveness; stand up for yourself while respecting
others’ rights.

Family relationships:

For most people, the family usually means the nuclear family (father, mother and
children), the basic unit of social organisation and the basic living arrangement. The
family provides its members with protection, security, companionship and socialisation.
Most families are created through marriage. As the twentieth century brought
about several changes, a very significant change occurred in family life. A century ago
families lived a completely different lifestyle. It was the husband who was the
breadwinner of the family. He was responsible for earning the money for the family.
However, the role of the wife was as important as that of the husband. She was in charge
of the whole family. She had to bring up the children, make sure they had enough to
eat. They were supposed to do all the housework which was much more difficult than
nowadays. They did not have the same household devices like dishwashers,
microwave ovens, irons, and so on. The beginning of the century saw the rise of the
suffragette movement, which culminated in the event that women received the right to
vote. Women were an integral part of the war industry in the two world wars. This
means they did most of the jobs men had been responsible for earlier. It might be true
that women, having experienced working, opted for going out to work and doing full-
or part-time jobs. In Hungary, living conditions also played an important role in the
fact that women started to work. Low wages, difficulties to make ends meet forced
women to do two jobs at the same time. Even in the middle of the twentieth
century, most people got married right after high school. Young couples struggled
together to make ends meet and to bring up the children. It was considered abnormal
if a girl who was over 20 was still single. Women wanted to avoid remaining spinsters
and they thought it was a shame if no one chose them. Another important factor was
the social status of the young. It was obvious that two people from different levels of
society do not match each other. It was quite rare for people with different
backgrounds to get married. If it happened, there were usually family feuds, young men
were sometimes disinherited by their fathers if they dared to marry someone inferior to
their ranks. All in all family life wasn’t easier. The wars destroyed million families,
they lost one of their family members at least. In today’s world it is almost
unimaginable to have three or even four generations living under the same roof in
Hungary. A century ago it was normal to do so but not any more. Today the gap
between generations is so wide that it would be unbearable to live together.
Divorce is a controversial issue nowadays. Nowadays it has become less of
a stigma, due to changing social attitudes. There are several reasons why people get
divorced. Most people do not know each other at the time of their marriage. I think a
reason for getting divorced can be the lack of communication. There can be several
other reasons for the high number of divorces. These can be infidelity, infertility,
criminality or insanity. When a couple gets divorced, it is still not the end of their
relationship. For some of them it is the beginning. The beginning of a very unpleasant
relationship. First, they cannot agree on how to divide their properties and both
have more claims than they are entitled, too. It leads to further arguments and no
settlement. In Hungary, divorced parents are not judged in the same way. It is usually
the mother who gets the chance to bring up the children. For some reason, the
Hungarian legal system regards mothers better caregivers than fathers. In my
opinion, children who lose the most in a divorce. Obviously, they cannot be split
and it is usually not them who decide which parent will have the right to continue
the upbringing. They are not able to make a judgement about their parents and
mostly, each parent wants to influence them in favour of themselves. They have to
cope with health problems, like disturbed sleep, eating problems, poor
concentration, tiredness. Behavioural problems (agressivity, isolation) can also
occur. Of course there are cases when getting divorce is better solution than living
together during constant quarrels.