2003-03-05 Now here is a thought. Wouldn't it be sweet if the CMS/CAMS test was given to every student as part of an exit exam from high school. In order to graduate high school, every student would have to be either CMS or CAMS certified. CAMS certification would be required in order to go to an engineering college or any higher level involving science. Where science study is not in ones plans, then a CMS certification would be sufficient.
The great thing about this is that it would guarantee that almost every student would be SI proficient when they leave school, even to the level of getting the symbols and usage correct. This way even marketers and reporters/editors won't have to dumb down metric articles and such because they would know SI and they would know that everyone of the audience they are trying to reach would know SI. I think this would bear more fruit then making it apart of the Boy Scout program. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Zotter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2003-03-04 19:36 Subject: [USMA:25024] RE: kPa's approach and other thoughts > 2003 MAR 04 TUE But education still HAS TO BE IN YOUR FACE. > > I have finally located the DoD metric coordinator. Is there anything > that you want to tell the DoD? > I'll study it and then I'll take the CAMS test someday. >
