On Wednesday 26 January 2011 10:37:18 Tim Williamson wrote: > *Metrication in the US - a grassroots effort* > > A grassroots effort from the ground up may be the best way to get the job > done. I'm putting a plan together for that now. I'm in the very formative > stages at this point. Any ideas on how to organize and implement such an > endeavor would be greatly appreciated. > > The goal of the grassroots drive would be to put metric only measuring > devices, posters, teaching aids, and learning activities in every US > classroom in the K - 12 range as quickly as possible. > > What do you think? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such an > effort? How would you do this, and would you be interested in helping? Is > this potentially the better way to get the attention of local, state, and > federal authorities?
Target home and private schools as well. Home-schooled kids tend to be smarter than public-schooled kids, and you'll have less red tape to deal with. Target schoolbook writers. It should be easy for parents who want to educate their kids to think in metric to find books that teach in metric. Pierre -- The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.
