Valerie Antoine in LA Times... Nat Metric System Los Angeles Times , Home Edition , Column: M , Page: 4 , Sunday December 17, 2000 Letters Desk * Re "U.S. Math, Science Students Still Trail Top Ranks," Dec 6: Your article left out a major reason for our students' poor performance in math and science. They are forced to work with two measurement systems (using some metric in science and using the inch-pound system in most other subjects). The poor showing of our students is partly due to Congress' reluctance to mandate U.S. use of the metric system, which is the measurement system used by most countries. VALERIE ANTOINE Northridge 2000 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times � 1999 Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved.
