[pct-l] metric weight

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

Let me suggest a couple of way that our school children are at a 
disadvantage by not using metric:

() if the student goes abroad for a year he/she will have difficulty 
dealing with the weights and measures both in his classes and daily life.

() given the increasing international trade and business, once the 
student enters business he/she will more likely have to deal with metric 
measures.

() if the student becomes an engineer, most projects located outside the 
US will be in metric.

and on a different note, when I watched the Olympics in 2004, I noticed 
that instead of reporting the high jump bar at what ever height it was 
set in in centimeters; the height was displayed in inches and odd fractions.

Tortoise

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JoAnn M. wrote:
> csx@schizoaffective.org
> 
> Could you please share with us the specific example of how, "Our school children are at a great disadvantage..." by not using metric? Thank you.
> 
> JoAnn
> My memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory is not as sharp as it use to be.
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