There were similar omissions in the 2011 Vorderman Report on the teaching of maths in the United Kingdom (See http://www.tsm-resources.com/pdf/VordermanMathsReport.pdf ). This report runs to over 100 pages, so may I draw reader's attention to
. Pg 8, Para 4b . Pg 13, Section 4.2 . Pg 38, 1st para Ms Vorderman omitted any comments about making maths relevant to the British schoolchild. In the UK, children are taught the metric system in the classroom, but are not exposed to it in the playground or in the home. It would appear that neither Ms Vorerman nor Ms Pritzker had the courage to ask questions of the type asked by the child in the story "The Emperor's New Clothes". From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Schlesinger Sent: 19 November 2013 07:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53412] Re: Pritzker Testimony Hi Eugene and all: I can understand you noticing the lack of mention of the need to complete transition to SI metric. In "Testimony on the Role of Manufacturing" the issue is ran around. " US has lost production .advanced technology.formally dominate". "Other countries.investing billions of dollars in "transition technology" e.g. "metrication" of resistors, capacitors, etc, not spoken! All the focus is at University level and STEM subjects while ingoring primary grades before High School and overloading students learning USC and SI units with many conversions. I think asking the Federal Government to throw money at hubs while ingoring basic strategy is wasteful. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:12 AM, mechtly, eugene a <[email protected]> wrote: Why is the importance of metrication for the global competition of US industries not a part of Penny Pritzker's Testimony? Note: The Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs spells Penny's name as "Pritzger" but her name is spelled as "Pritzker" in the heading of her Testimony. Eugene Mechtly -- Sincerely, Edward B.
