I believe other conclusions are possible: *If this happens very often, then I would conclude that inadequate teaching of two measurement systems is far inferior to teaching one twice as well (or at least twice the instructional time). *If this is an extremely isolated occurance, then perhaps she is just an idiot.
________________________________ From: Robert H. Bushnell <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sun, January 31, 2010 5:55:56 PM Subject: [USMA:46536] Re: Centimeters vs inches This story shows again that we should not use centimeter. It is too close to inch. Robert Bushnell On Jan 31, 2010, at 5:14 AM, John M. Steele wrote: Pat will love this story: >http://www.newschief.com/article/20100131/NEWS/1315040/1009/LIVING?p=1&tc=pg > >Wife measures in inches at home, and in centimeters in store. Great line, "I >just thought they were small inches." > >It ends questioning why we use the ruler of the ruler we overthrew in 1776 and >advocates the US going metric.
