Bill, sir: >.....Once the process is learned, it can be adapted for use with ANY units,...
Today's school grader has to become 'tomorrow's industry specialist'. In this process of half learning (unless I have misread) the child while continuing to use - Ye Olde English units, gets the impression of NOT taking SI Metric System of units seriously to be forgotton over 'certain (X) period of time'. My children, born post-metric acceptance of, Metric sytem, in India have not even heard of several old units then used BUT still have to remain in touch with *Ye Olde English - British units*. Is this NOT a failure (or remote hope of reversion to older units) from transition to Metric system of Units that were adopted in 1956? Why even today - Media uses, feet/yards expressing distances! Why, I ask? It may be pre-mature to express my X-mass Greeting But.....http://www.brijvij.com/bb_MerryX-Mass.pdf Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454916)/1361+D-342W49-01 (G. Monday, 2009 November 30H13:39 (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 > Subject: [USMA:46215] Re: content inch pound meter gram > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:54:25 -0500 > To: [email protected] > > > We were talking about school children not specialists. I agreed that teaching > conversion may be a useful process to learn, but it should wait until algebra > and it could be used to convert units OTHER THAN Olde English units. (I gave > a number of examples in my earlier reply.) Once the process is learned, it > can be adapted for use with ANY units, Ye Olde English ones or any other, no > matter how archaic. When the specialist encounters the situation, he or she > will be able to handle it at that time. It was not necessary for the > would-be-specialist to know how to do it with Old English units way back when > they were still grade school students. > > Bill Hooper > > ===================================== > On Nov 29 , at 9:48 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > On Saturday 28 November 2009 14:15:05 Bill Hooper wrote: > >> On Nov 28 , at 1:49 PM, Robert H. Bushnell wrote: > >>> Conversion from inch-pound units to metric > >>> units may be used as examples in algebra. > >> > >> There is no good reason to teach conversion from inch-lb to metric. > > > > I disagree. If all new surveys are labeled in meters, surveyors will be > > working with old maps and deeds labeled in feet and chains for at least > > another hundred years. Not everyone will need to convert, but there are > > enough specialties where it is needed that it should be taught. > _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009
