The Observer polls a group of schoolchildren on "Things One Should Know Before Turning Ten":
· "You should know how to yell at your parents. You should try not to yell at them, but if you do, you should tell them what you want, in a deep voice or a loud voice, and say it over and over and over and over again. If you do it too much, they�ll get mad. Loud usually gets them more mad than deep."
�Sonia, 10 years old, P.S. 234, Manhattan [Ed. note—your last name's Weinstein, right?]
· You should be able to spell 'New York.' I can�t spell it yet. I can�t spell 'Manhattan,' either. [Ed. note—or you can just attempt to spell them and have your nice readers send you corrections.]"
�Anisa, 8 years old, Stephen Gaynor School, Manhattan
· "By the time you're 10, it�s good if you know how to be nice, because at school when you're 10, there are a lot of fights—like about being cool. [Ed. note—that won't change much as you get older.] Before I turned 10, my mom taught me how to deal with people."
When you're ten, you should be able to... [Observer]

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