re: Most random concept that just stuck with you that you were taught in school at any age?

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fifo and lifo

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in practice, we learned FISH for failing businesses/
First In Still Here

ACCT at LSU.. I forgot his name. I had him for 2 different accounting classes, but the second time he accepted a job with Shaw and bailed after about 5 week in.. But he said on several occasions "remember, the average American has a 8.5 grade education level. Don't confused them by making it complicated".

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly.
Acronym for the colored rings indicating the ohms of resistance of a resistor.

Tragedy of the Commons

Same Econ class and same concepts. Its impacted all my financial decisions and approach to life. Opportunity vs Sunk Cost with a heavy mix of risk assessment.

I never heard that one. But it helps

Not learned in school but never point the barrel of a gun at anyone. My dad punished me a week when I was 6 because I had poor barrel discipline with a Remington pellet gun.

Had this crazy old man teacher in the 5th grade. Loved him but he was wacko. In 5th grade he was teaching us about proxy wars and that by the time we all graduated all the boys would be drafted to fight a proxy with the USSR.

Fast forward seven years later (as a HS senior) and I remember the first couple nights of Desert Storm...I recall thinking that old fricker was right all along and I was about to get drafted.

He missed on the draft part but I do know a lot about proxy conflicts.

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ECON 2010 at LSU, walked into class hungover AF and some professor introduced the "no such thing as a free lunch"

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I think I had Dr. Fang for this and she used the "you have to chose between a hamburger, chips, and a coke" conversation

6-8-10 rule from carpenter school

Supply and demand from Econ (My kids were taught this in middle school). Def applies now.

Condition and location for use rule (accounting)

Time value of money

Meniscus level for liquids