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Actually Liberia and Myanmar have been converting to Metric, so the USA is likely the last place where people are not being taught Metric. Unless it's improved

Actually Liberia and Myanmar have been converting to Metric, so the USA is likely the last place where people are not being taught Metric. Unless it's improved and Metric is being taught in American schools?

learc83 10y ago
Metric has been taught in most American schools since the 70s. Nearly everyone here learned it at some point, but most people don't use it day to day, so they don't think in it.
- Shivetya 10y ago
  yeah but its not like its pushed much outside of chemistry. my niece and nephew have learned less about it than I did over thirty years ago. it simply is not a priority, it could be slowly slipped into prominence by emphasizing the measurements on everyday items instead of making those in small print
  - learc83 10y ago
    >yeah but its not like its pushed much outside of chemistry Every science class I had in high school used metric. We also spent a fair amount of time going through it in elementary and middle school math classes. My younger sister (by 20 years) spent a good deal of time on the metric system in her math classes.
khedoros1 10y ago
My science education, at least in secondary school, was all in metric. I graduated from high school in 2003. The issue is that it isn't used here in everyday life, so it becomes "that weird thing from science [which I already disliked because of the math]". I've done experiments switching to metric. It's not a good idea to rely on my GPS for speed limit information. My home thermostat apparently doesn't have a Celsius setting (and would confuse my wife if it did). It's difficult, but mostly possible to switch here...but what's the point? It's a lot of work for comparatively little benefit.
knowaveragejoe 10y ago
I was taught metric and its merits over other systems in public school, but I'm sure it varies across the country.

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Actually Liberia and Myanmar have been converting to Metric, so the USA is likely the last place where people are not being taught Metric. Unless it's improved

by techdragon 10y ago

learc83 10y ago
Metric has been taught in most American schools since the 70s. Nearly everyone here learned it at some point, but most people don't use it day to day, so they don't think in it.
- Shivetya 10y ago
  yeah but its not like its pushed much outside of chemistry. my niece and nephew have learned less about it than I did over thirty years ago. it simply is not a priority, it could be slowly slipped into prominence by emphasizing the measurements on everyday items instead of making those in small print
  - learc83 10y ago
    >yeah but its not like its pushed much outside of chemistry Every science class I had in high school used metric. We also spent a fair amount of time going through it in elementary and middle school math classes. My younger sister (by 20 years) spent a good deal of time on the metric system in her math classes.
khedoros1 10y ago
My science education, at least in secondary school, was all in metric. I graduated from high school in 2003. The issue is that it isn't used here in everyday life, so it becomes "that weird thing from science [which I already disliked because of the math]". I've done experiments switching to metric. It's not a good idea to rely on my GPS for speed limit information. My home thermostat apparently doesn't have a Celsius setting (and would confuse my wife if it did). It's difficult, but mostly possible to switch here...but what's the point? It's a lot of work for comparatively little benefit.
knowaveragejoe 10y ago
I was taught metric and its merits over other systems in public school, but I'm sure it varies across the country.