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When I got my high school diploma, I thought for sure I was ready for the world. My first clue I didn't quite know everything came a few weeks later when I stood in front of a foreign square machine with a pile of dirty rags in my arms. I figured out how to open this "washing machine," but the rest of the process was a mystery. I was in trouble.
I was at my summer job and it was my turn to wash the shop rags. My boss gave me this task and went home for the day, assuming I didn't need instructions. Thankfully, another employee found me poking and prying at the washer as if it just dropped from Mars. That's when I realized that despite picking up all my school ...