title: Why is {System.Web.Mvc.SelectList} DropDownList SelectedValue
body: <p>I have created a DropDownList, as described in my last question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13301235/selecting-a-value-from-a-dropdownlist-to-be-able-to-fill-in-fields">here</a></p>
  
  <p>I have been trying to figure out how to get the selected value of the list. I used the answer that was provided but the only thing it returned was <code>{System.Web.Mvc.SelectList}</code>
  I debugged it and sure enough the string that was in the "Value" column was <code>{System.Web.Mvc.SelectList}</code></p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong here? I have been miserably failing at MVC and am new at it. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you for the help</p>