Pat, Åfter you have made the *improvements* explicitly noted (and implied) in John Steele's critique of your "Millimeter School" please post it again for review.
I side with Jim and John that the "Optimal School" should teach centimeters in grades K-2 (with some upward flexibility for gifted pupils), and teach complete SI including millimeters, in grades 3 through 12, with emphasis on millimeters for students in industrial or vocational education classes. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:24:31 +1100 >From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49824] Optimal School >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Dear All, > The recent discussion about education has inspired > me to polish -- a little -- this draft of living in > a dream world at the Optimal School. It still needs > more work. > As you will read I describe a visit to the Optimal > School some years into the future. The observer is > clearly an Australian, as you can see from the > spelling, but the school is not exactly located. It > could be in the UK, in the USA, in Australia, in New > Zealand, or in South Africa. >________________ >________________ > I would appreciate any comments you care to make. > Cheers, > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak > at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat > Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and > hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that > they now save thousands each year when buying, > processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different > trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, > industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include > the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and > the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the > USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more > metrication information, contact Pat > at [email protected] or to get the > free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go > to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to > subscribe.
