Maybe they know something the rest of us don't. They may have come to realize that the future of the American worker won't be fields where measurements would be a necessity. You don't need metric if you are going to be sweeping floors and scrubbing toilets. You don't need metric if you are going to be flipping burgers, or stocking shelves in the local retail shops, or any other menial type job.
You will need metric if you will be working in Europe, Asia or a host of other countries that will be the world's designers, Engineers and producers. Since very few, if any, Americans relocate to where the metric is, then what is the point in teaching and using metric in American schools? You may need to know ounces so that you can be assured to get the correct amount of your meal ration in the soup kitchen line. Dan ----- Original Message ---- From: STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:46:53 AM Subject: [USMA:38256] Re: National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMP) The National Math Panel is working at the esoteric level and not at the practical level according to what I've seen from them. The USMA and I have made comments regarding the teaching and using the SI in schools. Regards, Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:29 PM Subject: [USMA:38253] Re: National Mathematics > On Friday 16 March 2007 17:32, Pat Naughtin wrote: >> There were no other mentions of the word metric in this preliminary >> report. > > No mentions of measuring or units either (although "unit" occurs > in "opportunity" and a few other words). > > phma > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
