Looks like my arguments are bolstered by Bill Gates. http://www.komotv.com/news/6362592.html
On Wednesday, March 07, 2007, at 01:42PM, "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you could provide contact information about your school, I'm sure that a >few of us on this listserve that work in metricated industries would be happy >to write a quick letter to school administration. Universities are somewhat >attentive to input received from industry, as to what things should be >expected from graduates to be successful in their jobs after graduation, and >how competitive their graduates would be in today's market place. > >Working in the biotech/piopharmaceutical industry, I can say that graduates >would need to have a good understanding of the metric system in order to be >successful since we use ONLY the metric system. This is true whether you are >in the lab, purchasing, manufacturing, or IT. If your university hopes to >graduate students with skills relevant to the 21st century's hottest job >growth areas, they need to train students to be comfortable working with the >metric system EXCLUSIVELY. I know that as a manager, I could not in good >conscience hire someone that can not work or will not work in metric >EXCLUSIVELY. > > >Scott > > >On Wednesday, March 07, 2007, at 09:06AM, "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >>I agree with you but sadly the number of people who don't know their body >>mass in kilograms in the US is in the overwhelming majority. Most states at >>least teach SI but mine is famous for having an aversion to it which >>apparently extends into the higher academic professions. >> >>Mike >> >>On 3/7/07, Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> To give them a frame of reference, you could say "I'm 63 kg, so I would >>> take >>> 1.26 grams" (or whatever the numbers are). >>> >>> I suggest you complain to the professor's boss about her. Anyone who does >>> not >>> know his body mass in kilograms (if he knows it at all) or the number of >>> milligrams in a kilogram is seriously behind the times. I was 36 kg >>> sometime >>> in the 70s and I have never known my weight in any other unit. >>> >>> phma >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" >> > > >
