For some reason I don't think that you are american..lol.. because foriegn moms are always saying things like that when it comes gto cooking and cleaning. Well the thing is my mom never thought me anything like that either but I realize that I have to clean like this because when I know how the things are supppose to look like when they are clean.. think about it this way.. try to make the thing look as new as possible.. and with the cooking thing.. I used to watch her little bit and then I picked it up but I had to expirement a lot before I got it