Your article 'Metric system taught for good measure in Greensburg'May I remind 
you of what Confucius had to say on this subject:

If I hear, then I will forget
If I see, then I will remember
If I do, then I will understand


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pat Naughtin 
  To: U.S. Metric Association 
  Cc: U.S. Metric Association 
  Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:24 PM
  Subject: [USMA:38062] Your article 'Metric system taught for good measure in 
Greensburg'


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  Katrina Brown, who has a doctorate in physics and is a professor at the 
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, has grown accustomed to doing 
English-to-metric conversions in her head for the benefit of her students.

  Following more than 35 years of investigation into how people upgrade to the 
metric system, I would like to point out that metric conversion is not a good 
approach. In my opinion, Ms Brown is inadvertently selecting one of the slowest 
possible paths to metrication.

  ... snip

  Cheers,

  Pat Naughtin

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