On 08 Dec 2012, at 14:05, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Gang, Patrick Wiggins has the EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day)!
Thanks Joe. Much appreciated.
The only thing wrong with it is the rest of us, that is regular Americans, don't know what he's talking about with all that stuff about 1,000 m and 225 m
While I know you're kidding, it is a bit disturbing to think that in a recent Harvard study of kids in 34 first-world countries American students ranked 25th in math and 17th in science. I wont go so far as to blame it all on how we measure but let's face it, by shackling our kids with a measuring system not used by 90+ percent of the world's population it's like setting them up to fail when they get out into the international world. Clear skies! patrick (whose car's license plate reads "METRIC")