Thanks for the compliment and for your suggestion, Gene. I decided not to teach the whole lesson at once for the sake of brevity and out of concern that my message would be diluted. The primary points are that schools should teach only the SI and that if our country metricated our students might fare better. Secondary points might include information on some nifty sites related this matter. If I had included those in this message, it would have been taken more as an advertizement and less as a logical argument. Now, if I get invited to write an opinion piece, ..... Jim On Friday 13 July 2001 1056, Gene Mechtly wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: > > I posted this a few minutes ago to the editor of our local > > newspaper with copies to our State Superintendent of Eduation, our > > Commission on Higher Education, our mayor, and the the Hoover > > Institution, where Dr. Walberg is a Distinguished Professor. > > Great message, Jim! > > A suggestion: Include an *explicit* citation of source information > on SI in the body of your letters. e.g. Your Web site, Bill's Web > site, or the USMA Web site. > > Gene. -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
