title: Finding select menu value in submitted form with jQuery
body: <p>I have several forms on the same page.  All have a select menu in them.  When the user submits any form I would like to test the value of that form's select menu but I can't seem to get the right syntax to select the submitted form's menu's value.</p>
  
  <p>This is what I've tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('form').submit(function () {
      console.log($(this).filter(":selected").val());
      return false;
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also tried <code>.children</code> in place of filter with no better results.  What am I doing wrong?</p>