Baby Born Talking

In Steven Pinker's essay, he talks about how he read about a baby who spoke of heaven. After hearing this Pinker wonders how babies originally learn to speak a certain language and progress on the language as the baby gets older. He also talks about the different ages in a child's life they are able to learn different languages.

Pinker explains in his essay how babies get their basis of learning their language from certain moments that their parents may have. Some parents may use one on one contacts with a baby to help them develop their language or a baby can learn from certain situation that may occur around the child. As this time a child will only pick up a few little words but that helps with the building of their language.

Some people say that learning a language at a younger stage in life is alot easier than learning a language at 14 and older. I agree with that because the younger you are while learning a language the more you consume without realizing you are learning it. That is why I think starting in kindergarten and elementary school, it should be a requirement for kids to learn another language.

Is Complaining Getting Worse?

In the article “Why Don’t We Complain?” by William F. Buckley Jr. that was written in the 1960s. In the article Buckley explains how people did not complain because they figured someone else would possibly complain.

I’ve noticed since Buckley’s article things have changed. Since his article people have become more vocal and impatient. They do not sit around and wait in hopes someone else may complain for them, instead more and more people are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to getting their way. Most of the times getting their way means getting their food right away or not having a hamburger fixed perfect.

I am not saying it is completely out of hand to complain over serious issues, but there is a big difference between complaining and whining. In my opinion whining is someone’s reaction to a very minor situation and complaining is someone’s reaction to maybe through their eyes as something more serious.

Hopefully, complaining and whining will not continue to grow worse as time goes on. Possibly, people will return to the same mind set as in Buckley’s article.