Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-96.54.177.236-20140529005623/@comment-25869525-20141222003835

5nine1 wrote: Jason Rothenberg tweeted: "Earth Skills is a mandatory course taught on the Ark. Goal being to pass survival skills down from gen to gen."

From the show, we learn that Finn has at least "fourth year earth skills" (Wells mentions this in the episode "Earth Skills")

Wells also has some pretty decent earth skills as he is able to identify the red river weed as an aquatic plant based on its root structure.

Other skills appear to have come from their environment/parents (Clarke's medical skills learned from her mother, Jasper & Monty grew up on the agricultural station), their profession (Raven is a mechanic, Monty was recruited by engineering), or just things they excelled in at school (Jasper was good in Chemistry).

We also see Octavia sewing in one scene (pretty hard not to learn the basics when you're locked in a room with a seamstress for most of your life).

I'd also guess that Bellamy's tactical awareness and command skills may be because of his time as a Guard cadet (or maybe he's just that kind of guy :). Does anyone else actually display any skills? (Murphy being a dick doesn't count as a "skill" :)

I must have subconsciously remembered them saying it when I was posting earlier.

I've seen an argument that being a dick IS a skill. I'll try to find it & post a link (if that is allowed here; please let me know if not).