Thanks Gene, I will consider your remarks and adapt the text accordingly.
My plan is to consider all critiques from knowledgeably people such as UKMA and USMA list members and then post it on the Metrication matters website. Cheers, and thanks again, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/02/10, at 04:05 , <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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.
