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I remember the feeling of brimming excitement as my father and I left the hose that morning. I kept looking out the windows as the familiar streets of our home rapidly gave way to unfamiliar corners and a neighborhood I had never seen before. My father was typically taciturn during the 20 minute drive, but even he could not help breaking out into a smile as we pulled into the gravel parking lot behind the high, chain-link fence. It was career day at his workplace, R.E. Mifflin, and as such, I was allowed to finally...
I had always wanted to know just what exactly my father did with the lengthy light blue sheets of paper with the complex diagrams that he puzzled over at home on occasion, and he had made good on his promise of showing me, as had myriads of other parents who brought their children at work that day to see them labor. I gaped in awe at the plant as we were led through a tour, and I wore my goggles with pride and eagerly lowered them as we listened to the screeching of the metal precisely cut by machines I still was too young to fashion. But most of…
