Robert & all sirs: I have been promoting the idea of Metric Decaday as a combination of (World Metric Day - October 10 and World Standards Day - October 14) since 1975 when I discussed this with Late Dr VB Mainker, former Director Weights & Measures (India) and later impressed during my brief meeting with Late Dr Lal C. Verman, then Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards , New Delhi at his house in New Friends Colony, New Delhi.
My communications with USMA started since 1984-85 and later in mid-2002 with the ideals that IT COULD BE AMERICA to lead rest of the world in completing the task of *including Time & arc-Angle (as also the corrections to Gregorian calendar). My inputs are placed at my Home Page: www.brijvij.com/ . Please see, also: http://www.brijvij.com/bb_metro-contrbn.2007.pdf My development of 896-year/834-year and 10*1730-year cycles are close to current values of Mean Year & Mean Lunation linked to 19-year Harappan lunar-Tithi calendar that I envisage. This Year, however, the proposed decaday could be between October 08, 2009 thro October 17, 2009. I wish I had the money that I could pump in to PROMOTE this 'common cause' as a migrant having dedicated my children/grand children to be part of United States of America! May Indo-American ties flourish and bring fruit in THIS scientific pursuit. Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 24545110)/1361+D-285W41-00 (G. Monday, 2009 October 05H19:43 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:45933] teaching customary units From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:20:34 -0600 Robert H. Bushnell, PhD. P.E. 502 Ord Drive 303-554-0827 Boulder, Colorado 80303-4732 [email protected] Meteorologist and Consulting Engineer in Solar Energy Specialist in SI metric units 2009 October 5 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Here it is metric week and I see for the first time the NCTM position on measurement units: "provide students with rich experiences in ... both metric and customary systems of measurement". Bad news. Teaching both causes smart students to see how bad it is and give up on science and engineering. They go to the humanities where the nonsense of two sets of units does not show up. This leaves the USA way behind the rest of the world. By the way, NCTM (and everybody else) should stop using the term "customary". In the USA, metric will become "customary" so for now the term "customary" is not meaningful. I use the term "inch-pound". NCTM should too. NCTM should set the following policy: Schools shall not teach inch-pound units of measure. Examples of units not to be taught are: inch, foot, yard. mile, pound, ounce, degree Fahrenheit, calorie, Btu. "Not taught" means students shall not be tested about inch-pound units and means that such units shall not be presented as part of class room subject matter. Teachers may respond to student's questions about inch-pound units. Inch-pound units may be presented as part of history but such use shall not be to find numerical values. Conversion from inch-pound units to metric units may be used as examples in algebra. ------------------------- Robert H. Bushnell _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/
