Old guy trying to learn something new

That should be *goto ten_or_twelve

and then later on in the text (in the place you want it to jump to):

*label ten_or_twelve

I highly recommend working through a tutorial. People can probably recommend the best one, but possibly

http://www.maderealstories.com/game/ChoiceScriptTutorial.html#.1g

could be useful.

See ChoiceScript Full Tutorial (finished!) for a discussion of that tutorial.