 A poll of 2,000 American adults found 28% have been told they sweep wrong and 40% witnessed their own parents clean the wrong way. About one quarter of respondents were never taught how to mow the lawn, do yard work, or how to load the dishwasher. Really? You don't know how to mow the lawn? How could you not know how to mow the lawn? You see where the grass is, you turn the thing on, and you keep going until it's all shorter than it is right now. I mean, what?