Dear Jason, on 2003-09-06 13.19, James Wentworth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<snip> > The same is true with metrication. Provide people with conversion charts > and it will occur at a glacial pace at best. Immerse people in the new > thought structure of metric and they'll pick it up and learn to estimate and > "think in metric" very quickly. -- Jason A friend sent me this piece by 'anonymous' yesterday. It may be relevant to this discussion. 'When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. 'I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I could not change the nation, I began to focus on my town. 'I couldn't change the town, and as an older man, I tried to change my family. 'Now, as an old man, I realise the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realised that if long ago I changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. 'My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.' I wonder how much relevance this model has for metrication. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS --
