I have to say that being an 80's child imperial was not part of the
curriculum back then.
In the 90's it was reintroduced.
Conversion factors are taught and there are questions that use 'mile',
'pint' etc in school tests.
"Imperial is not taught at school" tends to be the mantra of the more
hardline pro-metric's and pro-imperials, which I have always found amusing.
Obviously the two "sides" use the mantra in totally different ways!
From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:34502] Re: Long live the good old British pint!
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:25:52 +0100
If they are truly gone, then that is why they are gone, because they made
sense. Nothing we do seems to follow any logical path. It is designed
that way so that the masses can be controlled by the few. Metric is not
desired for the masses because the masses would be enlightened by it. Thus
keep them in darkness by surrounding them with nothing that makes sense.
If that's true then maybe the British government have been playing the same
game. What they do doesn't always make sense either. Like getting most of
industry to go metric, changing the school curriculum so kids are only
taught metric, then refusing to change road signs and delaying other key
aspects of metrication for decades. And yet the lay the blame for the
problems in education entirely at the door of schools and teachers.
Prometric campaigners like myself try to point out the logic of having a
single system of measurement in Britain but it seems lost on so many of our
elected representatives in parliament.
Phil Hall
