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 When you get older...  By:Theresa  “I don't know how to swim, but I know how to drown.” said my neighbor Sophie who is four. I couldn't help but to laugh at what she said. At first Sophie looked a little frazzled that I laughed, then she smiled a little, still looking confused. Sometimes when people get older they get more sensitive to what other people say. This is OK. Even though you might get embarrassed, you can learn from your mistakes and you can also realize what other people and kids say, and help correct them.  When you start to get older you notice your mistakes. For example one morning when my parents couldn't take me to school, my neighbors took me to school. When we were driving up to the school, Sophie, the little 4 year old girl, who you have heard of, said, “It doesn't look like there are people at school... but there is.” I think that she at first did not see the people and said there wasn't anyone at school, then when we got closer, she saw the people and said but there is. I'm sure that Sophie noticed her mistake and was maybe a little embarrassed. When you get older you feel more foolish when you make a mistake, then when you were younger. You also learn and realize what you said. One example is that, at a meeting my mom was in, when I was about 5, I went up to her and said, “ I need to go potty.” everyone giggled and I new why, I had said 'potty'. When you're little your parents will most likely say words like potty instead of bathroom and fishy cracker instead of gold fish. I have been saying 'fishy cracker' for 10 years and I learned that they were gold fish when I was at my neighbors house. I have also have been saying zamples  and she shells not to mention that I said that my mom stayed home and drank coffee all day while I was at school. But when you get older you realize what you had said that you thought was right and then you learn what to say now. It doesn't feel good to be laughed at, and when you get laughed at you try to make that mistake again.  When you are older, you notice the little kids mistakes. One example is that Sophie, who you have already heard about now three times, said, “ That guy broke his arm, but our arms aren't strong enough to break.” When I giggled she just looked at me, blankly. I think that she thought that what she said made sense. Little kids are not as smart as us yet and say things that could possibly make sense... well to them. When the kids get older they will learn more things and only make little mistakes, and they will start to notice other kids mistakes.  When you notice a mistake that others make you can help correct those. Even at any age you can make a mistake. Parents make mistakes, so do teenagers, kids our age and little kids. But when you make those mistakes and people correct you or laugh at you you can feel hurt, and you realize what that mistake was and you try to fix it. Even when Sophie said, “I don't know how to swim, but I know how to drown,” I'm sure she understood her mistake.