Keep up you spirits Mike. The Montgomery County public school system Principal here in Maryland, USA, is committed to teaching the SI in its 138,000 student system. We hope to get this done in schools throughout the State of Maryland.
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: [USMA:24160] Fw: A good story from Australia. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 9:11 AM > Subject: Re: [USMA:24145] A good story from Australia. > > > | Re Carleton's news clip about our rail extension to Darwin, we take this > as > | a normally-written story and think nothing of it. > | > | This is why it's such a tragedy that US children cannot read such an > | article and not think that we are talking in a strange language. > | > | US educators must NOT deprive their young folk any longer from speaking > | metric as a normal course of events - it's just not fair on them. > | > | Regards > | > | Mike Joy > | Perth WA > | > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:42 PM > | Subject: [USMA:24145] A good story from Australia. > | > | > | | Nice to read a story like this. If this were the norm much of our work > | would > | | be over. > | | > | | Carleton > | >
