Can someone from USMA (like the president/chairperson) invite him to become a member? Maybe pay him a visit?
Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Looks like my arguments are bolstered by Bill Gates. > > http://www.komotv.com/news/6362592.html > > > > > On Wednesday, March 07, 2007, at 01:42PM, "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >If you could provide contact information about your school, I'm sure that a > >few > of us on this listserve that work in metricated industries would be happy to > write a quick letter to school administration. Universities are somewhat > attentive to input received from industry, as to what things should be > expected > from graduates to be successful in their jobs after graduation, and how > competitive their graduates would be in today's market place. > > > >Working in the biotech/piopharmaceutical industry, I can say that graduates > would need to have a good understanding of the metric system in order to be > successful since we use ONLY the metric system. This is true whether you are > in > the lab, purchasing, manufacturing, or IT. If your university hopes to > graduate > students with skills relevant to the 21st century's hottest job growth areas, > they need to train students to be comfortable working with the metric system > EXCLUSIVELY. I know that as a manager, I could not in good conscience hire > someone that can not work or will not work in metric EXCLUSIVELY. > > > > > >Scott > > > > > >On Wednesday, March 07, 2007, at 09:06AM, "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>I agree with you but sadly the number of people who don't know their body > >>mass in kilograms in the US is in the overwhelming majority. Most states at > >>least teach SI but mine is famous for having an aversion to it which > >>apparently extends into the higher academic professions. > >> > >>Mike > >> > >>On 3/7/07, Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> To give them a frame of reference, you could say "I'm 63 kg, so I would > >>> take > >>> 1.26 grams" (or whatever the numbers are). > >>> > >>> I suggest you complain to the professor's boss about her. Anyone who does > >>> not > >>> know his body mass in kilograms (if he knows it at all) or the number of > >>> milligrams in a kilogram is seriously behind the times. I was 36 kg > >>> sometime > >>> in the 70s and I have never known my weight in any other unit. > >>> > >>> phma > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" > >> > > > > > > >
