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A question for the college grads.
Serious two-part question here, so get the smart-alec questions out of the way first and then answer.
What was your (undergraduate) college degree, and what was a concept, skill, or fact (preferably a concept) you learned in that degree program that has value to you in your post-college life? Please be as concrete as possible, as opposed to really broad stuff like "I learned how to think critically".
For example, my undergraduate degree was in aerospace engineering. A couple of concepts I learned in that program that have value to me in my post-college life are:
1. I learned how to quickly convert units by including unit measures in my equations. In other words, to convert miles per hour to furlongs per fortnight, you multiply mile/hr * ft/mile furlongs/ft * hrs/day * days/fortnight, and cross out the units that cancel out, and voila! Correct answer.
2. I learned the equation for estimating the depth of a canyon if I drop a rock off it. S = 1/2at^2+Vt
3. I learned about how orbits work, which helps me understand news stories about satellites, geostationary orbits, and the like. I like reading those stories, so it's useful.
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