SECTION 2-HEven though growing old comes with many negative

setbacks, I am not afraid, because aging is a natural part of life that everyone goes through. I’m quite indifferent about the matter, which is helpful because there is no escaping it. There are good things that come with age as well, such as growing wiser and the privilege to retire.

SECTION 3-A,B,C,G

Up until I was about 18 months old, I didn’t not speak more than

babbling and cooing, and my first actual words were “Whale show got it”.

This was because while at a SeaWorld-type park, a seal stole my shoe

because my feet were dangling over the edge of the tank where they hold

the whale shows. My dad asked me what happened and that was my

response. After not speaking for such a long period of time, it was a relief

to hear a whole sentence out of me. This holds up more with Chomsky’s

theory of language development because I already knew the basic pattern

of the sentence.

SECTION 3-D,E,FAfter learning to speak, I began to often express common egocentrism by

using the words “mine” and “no”. I didn’t face any language barriers outside of the

usual speech formation difficulties of the letter R and such. Also, since my mom

always spoke to me in German and dad always spoke in English, I would sometimes

mix languages within a sentence. I outgrew this well before kindergarten, but it

was a struggle for the few months when I began to form sentences.

SECTION 3-H