On 2010/06/08, at 05:13 , [email protected] wrote:
Is this barmy or what? Hammond has clearly gone 'round the bend ...
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/179560/This-U-turn-on-metric-is-miles-better
Ezra
Obviously the Minister is showing his opposition to the English metric
system. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY
How sad.
I don't suppose that Secretary Phillip Hammond has considered the
complete trashing of the entire English teaching of mathematics he has
just put in train. As we know teaching multiple methods of measurement
will have the effect of requiring all UK children to spend an extra
year studying mathematics at school to achieve the level of
mathematics needed to become a public servant in Secretary Phillip
Hammond's Department. As a foretaste of the difficulty the UK
education system might face see the article: 'The Case for U.S. Metric
Conversion Now' (1992, December 9) by Richard P. Phelps where he
states that:
'It (USA education system) teaches two systems of measurement in the
schools and, the confusion from learning two systems aside, there is a
cost to the time spent in teaching two systems. A full year of
mathematics instruction is lost to the duplication of effort.
You can view Richard P. Phelps' article after you register on the
Education Weekly database at: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1992/12/09/14phelps.h12.html
Leaving aside Secretary Phillip Hammond's sabotage of all UK schools,
he is also attempting to sabotage all UK industry. His 'leadership'
toward the use of Roman soldiers 'feet' and Roman soldiers 'miles'
instead of using the metric system invented in England will, I have no
doubt, re-generate all of the massively time wasting discussions and
disputes about choice of which measuring methods to use for all jobs
in all industries. It will only be very strong company and industry
leadership that will be able to withstand Secretary Phillip Hammond's
government leadership – sadly, the response to the 'Express' article
suggests that many outside his department will take his direction back
to Roman times seriously.
If anyone knows Secretary Phillip Hammond's email address, I would
appreciate it if you passed on these two references to him:
http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY
Cheers, and thanks to Ezra for passing on this reference,
Pat Naughtin
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