I suppose that this is because the youth have not had enough experience with
ifp calculations to know what a f***ed-up system it really is. It's the
people who are well-educated in both systems who truly know the benefits of
metrication.
btw, I've noticed that engineering students around here are usually very
pro-SI. It's very easy to see why: kilograms and newtons are MUCH easier to
use than lbm and lbf.
--Dan B.
Down with the pound!!! (and foot, slug, etc.)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 16:24
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:8674] Re: Metric ramblings of a Canadian schoolteacher
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:41:39 -0400, PARKYN JOHN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Twenty years ago I would say to little Jimmy, "Please open the window a
>few centimetres". However, you can hear teachers even today say, "Open
>the window a few inches". Our 20-30 something folks are conservative...
>I am more metric than my son.
I visited the Voteserve.com site yesterday to see if there were any UK
metrication polls. There was one (under UK politics, I think) asking
if it was right for criminal action to be taken against non-metric
traders. There were (I think) 14 votes saying it was wrong, and 7
saying it was right. More significantly, in the breakdown of votes,
all those who said it was OK were in the 18-50 bracket. All of those
up to 18 and all those above 50 said it was wrong.
Chris
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