Even though growing old has downsides, the author is not afraid of aging because it is natural and unavoidable. There are also positives like gaining wisdom and retirement. As an infant, the author's first words were "Whale show got it" after their shoe was stolen by a seal at an aquarium. This showed understanding of basic sentence structure. The author expressed common egocentrism as a toddler by using words like "mine" and "no." They also mixed the languages their parents spoke - German and English - in sentences for a time as a young child.

1. SECTION 2-H
Even 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.

2. 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.

3. SECTION 3-D,E,F
After 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.

4. SECTION 3-H