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From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [USMA:36555] Re: the preferred system
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:03:06 +0000
Why do people keep insisting that Americans dont understand or know
metric measures.
If Americans, or anybody else for that matter, can divide and
sub-divide numbers by units of >10, they can fully understand metric.
It is unfortunate that Scientists, Engineers & EXPERTS the world over feel
and 'intend to remain confused' between *decimal & metric terms*. Things,
dimentions & quantities that are RELATED to the length unit - METRE, belong
to SI-Metric System of Units (Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites), while
decimal multiplication & divisions need NOT necessarily belong to "metric
system'.
Distinction between 'metric and decimal' need be clear & unambigous!
Brij Bhushan Vij
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From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [USMA:36555] Re: the preferred system
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:18:26 +0100
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The problem with the schools is that they tend to teach metric in terms of
science and customary in terms of every day life.
>>
This of course tends to isolate scientific and technological subjects as
being subjects for nerds or boffs.
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Chernack
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: 'USMA'
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: [USMA:36552] Re: the preferred system
I think you missed the point. It's not a case of multiplying and
dividing by 10, it's a case of quantifying measurements in every day life.
I don't really care that there are 1000 meters in 1 km. What is more
relevant is that my bedroom is approx. 3.5 x 4.5 m and my parents' house
is 3 km from mine. If people get the same type of reference points in
metric that they have with customary, we would get a lot farther in
converting to metric. The problem with the schools is that they tend to
teach metric in terms of science and customary in terms of every day life.
As metric does not have the everyday life connection, teachers are
constantly reinforcing lessons in metric for each science class. If
metric was taught properly in terms of everyday life early on, it would be
second nature to practically all students.
Phil
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From: Stephen Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: USMA
Subject: Re: [USMA:36549] Re: the preferred system
Phil Chernack wrote:
"Why do people keep insisting that Americans don't understand or know
metric measures. If prodded, most Americans will admit they know how long
a meter is, how much a liter is and even how much a gram "weighs".
Few things are simpler.
