Greg,
I think that I cannot send them a message; it could even backfire. They may
say: "What has that to do with you in Europe? Mind your own business!"
So I better tell you what I think. Can they do that legally? What does the
law say about the formal teaching of Imperial in Canadian schools? This may
be the way to stop them.
This is a stupid, retrograde step. If these dinosaur companies want to use
Stone Age units, they should train their workers themselves. These companies
who refused to go metric for years should pay the price for their
intransigence.
Suppose that their proposal to go to the Ministry of Education to bring back
Imperial in the schools wakes up the government to this problem and that it
then flies in their own face, leading to the end of the Metric Moratorium.
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: woensdag 29 november 2000 15:48
Subject: [USMA:9425] Imperial proposal
> This was official resolution being proposed during the Saskatchewan School
Trustees Association Convention 2000
> (see page 10 in the .pdf document).
> All Canadian on the List... we need to stop this from happening. Please
send the SSTA a message!
> All Americans and International folks on the List, please take the time to
send an email to the SSTA and let them know how silly this proposal really
is.
>
> Thanks,
>
> greg
> Saskatoon SK Canada
>
>
> Web site for proposal:
http://www.ssta.sk.ca/communications/convention2000/2000conv_res&bylaws.pdf
> Web site for SSTA: http://www.ssta.sk.ca
>
> Comments can be left at:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- Education and Research
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- General Inquiries
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>
> B-5 BE IT RESOLVED that the SSTA urge Saskatchewan Education to revise
curriculum to include instruction of imperial measurements that are still
being essentially used in today's industry and economy.
> Potashville S.D. #80
> East Central Branch
>
Sponsor's Rationale
Many occupations (carpentry, mechanics, farming) still use the imperial
system of measurement.
The provincial curriculum does not include the imperial system of
measurement for instruction.
>
> Formal SSTA Policy: No policy statement on this issue.
> Most Recent SSTA Position: No previous position.
>
>
