On 2009/10/08, at 14:40 , Aaron Harper wrote:
Having a student have to figure out how to get from one unit to an
equivalent unit in another system
Dear Aaron,
I am having trouble with your line, 'Having a student have to figure
out how to get from one unit to an equivalent unit in
I would advocate making science classes metric only - however I would
support having imperial in Maths and English.
In my opinion it would be a mistake to limit metric units to science classes - this would only
reinforce the impression in America that metric is something for scientists
I suspect that is the reason why imperial made a return to the
curriculum in the UK from the 90's (when I was at school in the 80's I
can't remember being taught any imperial, although I can imagine
teachers 'spoke it' so to speak).
I believe the real reason was that those
On Thursday 08 October 2009 02:19:14 Pat Naughtin wrote:
Which yard do you mean? Are you talking about the 1859 metric-defined
international yard, the 1893 metric-defined yard, (the statute yard or
the survey yard of the USA), the interim yard between 1834 and 1855
based on the length of a
Blair is pro-EU because he has always wanted a prominent EU position - now it
looks like he's going to get to be EU president (ughh!).
As for the UK being the world's laughing stock for clinging to imperial - IT
IS!! My friends, colleagues and family in Canada and Australia really do laugh
at
On Oct 7 , at 11:40 PM, Aaron Harper wrote:
Having a student have to figure out how to get from one unit to an
equivalent unit in another system is an element that should never be
removed from the educational system.
I don't agree.
Translating measurements from units in one system to
On Oct 7 , at 11:40 PM, Aaron Harper wrote:
When I was in school 40 years ago, everybody complained about the
dreaded story problems, or the word problems. I later came to
understand that the word problems are what it was all about.
Agreed whole heartedly. I always told my students
It's probably the circles one frequents with - I've never heard about this
'laughing stock' thing. I worked at a European HQ for a large organisation and
we had many co-workers from all over Europe. Many adopted the lingo with miles
etc. Some thought it was 'great' and was one of the things
Huge congratulations to you and your family!! It's quite a nice club to be a
member of!!
From: vjoc...@hotmail.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:45969] Metric Baby
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:08:17 -0700
A birth announcement for my new daughter. With our son, we had metric +
When we were visiting the UK in mid-spring we stayed with friends in
Kenilworth for a week and a half. A new store, Waitrows, had opened since
the last time we were there (in 2005). It's a rather upscale and very
appealing place, in particular, the beer section! Compared to the swill we
drink
While I cannot say that I speak for 100% of Americans, I think I can safely
state that when most people in the USA refer to a yard, they are talking
about the one with 36 inches in it. And, each one of those inches is equal
to 25.4 mm. We don't know what year it was approved, agreed to,
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