I am going to school to pursue an academic degree. I plan on getting my bachelors degree in education.
Cool.  What sort of specialty?  History?  Science?
I will be getting my bachelors in Group Social Studies with an emphasis on history. It is a five year program.
Wow.  That sounds interesting.  Why did you chose that?
Well, I love history and I've always wanted to be a teacher. So that was the academic degree that made sense for me. Are you in college?
No. I'm probably older.  I have a BS and 2 MS degrees.
Well that is impressive. What fields are your academic degrees in?
BS Industrial Engineering, MS Management and MS Mechanical Engineering... I Liked school.  The bachelors was the toughest.  Grad school was more fun.