We might not like it but American children do need to learn to speak both languages. It would be better though if metric was primarily and English secondary and I agree, a bit more background on when to use either or at least what common practice is in the US. Anyone can teach how many inches in a foot how many millimeters in a meter but the great teacher espouses the virtues of SI and instills that into the students so when the grow and function in the real world they push themselves for the system that is superior. I'm not sure how you express that in standards. We need to push that in the teaching colleges.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 11:46 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53676] Common Core Math http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/MD/ They're still introducing inches and centimeters together and not explaining that the inch is defined in metric, thus leaving students confused about which units to use. Have any of you written to Common Core about this? I was off the list a few months ago because of mail server problems, so I have missed something. Pierre -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa
