Well done for being a bully.
On 30 Jan 2016, at 09:04, j...@frewston.plus.com wrote: > I recently hired (briefly!) a new 20-something handyman bloke for some simple > carpentry work in my properties. He was not cheap (charging over double > minimum wage), yet he couldn't measure in metric. On one job I asked him to > do, he had left his tape measure at home, so I lent him my metric-only tape. > "Where's the feet and inches?," he asked. I told him he should be working in > metric - which he couldn't do. The final straw was when he phoned me to get > him some additional wood items. When I asked him what dimensions, he gave me > a mixed-up mess of mm and cm (he did not understand the difference), with his > estimate of inches thrown in for (not so) good measure. It was pure luck that > I managed to get the right sizes (specified in the store exclusively in mm), > but I decided that I couldn't work with someone who couldn't even properly > measure simple items. A sad indictment on Britain's current education > standards. > > John F-L > > -----Original Message----- From: Martin Vlietstra > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 11:08 PM > To: 'Michael Payne' ; 'USMA' > Subject: [USMA 77] Re: Fwd: SI units > > A recent OECD report > (http://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/building-skills-for-all-review-of-england.pdf) > looks at the low rate of numeracy amongst 16-19 year olds in England. > England came 22nd out of the 23 with the United States at 23rd. Australia was > about half-way down the pack at 13th. What does Australia have that England > and the US lack? My guess is that they have made a full conversion to the > metric system. In the case of England, the metric system is taught in the > schools but the imperial system is used in the playground and at home which > results, I believe, in undermining numeracy in our young population. > > If might be worth remembering the saying often attributed (wrongly I believe) > to Confucius: "That which I hear I will forget, that which I see I will > remember, that which I do I will understand". > > Any comments? > > Martin Vlietstra > > -----Original Message----- > From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne > Sent: 29 January 2016 21:58 > To: USMA > Subject: [USMA 76] Fwd: SI units > > Interesting web site I came across today, has all SI units and appears to > originate out of Australia. Specifically using kilojoules for food energy and > kilograms for body mass. > >> >> https://theconversation.com/health-check-five-sweeteners-and-what-they-mean-for-you-14928 >> >> -- >> Cordialement, >> >> Michael Payne >> Lieu dit Gasquet >> 82400 Montjoi >> France >> +33 563 325 534 >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
