If it's so hard for the US to compete on a metric level field then why are we still no. 1 in medals?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:09 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51850] Hard Lessons at the Olympics -- Or Just Uneducated? Frankly, I am getting tired of all this handwringing about how "hard" the metric system is. Get over it! Six billion people around the world seem to have no problem with it. Are Americans ignoramuses? And now we find out (surprise!) that our USA Olympians look like fools before those of other nations because they haven't been educated in the world's (and the official US) measurement system. And these people are supposed to be the cream of the crop. What an example we are setting for the rest of the world. No wonder we're tied for 17th place with Iceland in education! Hard Lessons At the Olympics, Like The Metric System http://www.gpb.org/news/2012/08/12/hard-lessons-at-the-olympics-like-the-metric-system
