I need help with E-trade!

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A few days ago I spoke with my boss and mentioned how I was thinking about starting to invest small amounts of money here and there because of the economy. I feel that it is a great time to invest because so many people are taking their funds out of investment, so stocks should be pretty low, and hopefully, be rising soon. Anyway, so he suggested that I join E-Trade. He basically described it as investing for dummies, and told me that it's really easy to invest and earn. Well, I know nothing about stocks and investing, so I figured I'd give it a shot with E-Trade. Well, I must be a complete moron because I have no idea whatsoever what is going on. Is there anyone out there who uses E-trade that could give me a few pointers? Or anyone out there know of a site that is meant to help people with E-Trade? I tried using the help options on the site, but quite frankly I don't know what any of the terminology means! Someone help! I am anxious to invest and learn!