Sure, Pat. Try http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27574-2002Sep2.html
Best regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:22074] Poor results in math skills | Dear Mike, | | Could you send me the link to the article in the Washington Post, please. I | seem to have missed it. | | Cheers, | | Pat Naughtin | Geelong | | on 2002-09-04 09.30, Mike Joy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | > Dear Sir, | > | > Re your article in today's Washington Post, on students not doing so well | > in tests that require math skills, i.e. in quiz shows etc, this would seem | > from an outsider that the poor kids don't stand much chance. With the USA's | > persistent refusal to do what everyone else has bothered to do (i.e. adopt | > the metric system) then you are preventing the use of their minds to think | > in decimals instead of your fractional system or using arbitrary bases (12 | > for inch/feet, 3 for feet/yards, 16 for oz/pounds, 640 for acres/sq. miles, | > and so on). | > | > Give them a break for goodness sake and have teachers use metric units | > ONLY. This will clear their minds for productive mental arithmetic | > calculations by not cluttering up their thought processes by having to use | > the old system of measures. | > | > Best wishes, | > | > Mike Joy | > Perth, Australia | > | |
