Nervous and sweaty or not, it sounds like you did a great thing there,
Scott. Good going!
Unfortunately you'll get over that stage fright faster than our U.S.
educational system will get over some imagined need to teach two systems
and how to do conversions. You gave them a proper shove in the correct
direction. Thank you.
Jim
Scott Hudnall wrote:
Just a quick note to update USMA members.
This morning, I attended the Washington Life Sciences Summit in Seattle. I
participated in the Education committee. Each committee was asked by the
governor to submit their top 3 priorities for the coming year.
While we are still working on the exact verbiage of our recommendations, one of them is that students be better prepared in math and science by mastering the metric system at an earlier age. The committee is going to recommend that metric education emphasize using the metric system rather than teaching conversion between 2 systems.
In addition to the written statement, I did take the opportunity during the Q &
A / comment time slot to tell the governor that it is vital to this sector of the
economy that metric education be emphasized from the very beginning.
Personal note - speaking to large groups and addressing the governor directly
makes me nervous and sweaty :)
Scott
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