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Subject: Re: [USMA:29709] Fwd: interesting question
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 19:40:49 -0400
In the recent TAKS test for Year 4 in Texas my daughter was asked how big is a gallon, the school had taught her all the metric ones and some of the FFU ,
I stir up my students by asking how many barley corns to the inch, but gallons? surely we could ask these people to be simple.
John
No metric in Texas to speak of?
"Metric Today," the newsletter of the U.S. Metric Association, is now edited in Midland, Texas!! <grin>
> > From: John Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/05/09 Sun PM 04:36:16 EDT > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:29709] Fwd: interesting question > > Dear All: > > Well I have had a 34 year old Australian women staying for a week in > Texas. There is no metric in Texas that one can speak of, although it is > taught in the schools a lot.
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