I am surprised Nora that you still learned Imperial at school, given your various comments about events you must still be in your early 2Os. I was taught both way back in 1972. My Elder Brother learned Pounds Shillings and Pence.
Imperial is pointless and US measurements aren;t even the same as imperial ones. they have no idea what a pint is and have different sized gallonsa dn Ounces of fluid
Change can;t happen overnight. We decided to go metric in the early sixties then started teaching it in schools until only a few years ago we abolished its usage completely for weights.
Metric was started by Posttheists (ie those who rejected Christianity but took up pantheism or Atheism during the aftermath of the French revolution) and is a standard si unit. Si units are incredibly easy to work out. They are based on 8 different constants.
The Meter is the distance between the Equator and the North Pole. The Kilogram is the amount of water at its heaviest temperature (about 4*c) contained by 10cm cubed which by complete coincidence happens to be a litre all SI Units work out perfectly based on the 8 constants.
Imperial is pointless and US measurements aren;t even the same as imperial ones. they have no idea what a pint is and have different sized gallonsa dn Ounces of fluid
Change can;t happen overnight. We decided to go metric in the early sixties then started teaching it in schools until only a few years ago we abolished its usage completely for weights.
Metric was started by Posttheists (ie those who rejected Christianity but took up pantheism or Atheism during the aftermath of the French revolution) and is a standard si unit. Si units are incredibly easy to work out. They are based on 8 different constants.
The Meter is the distance between the Equator and the North Pole. The Kilogram is the amount of water at its heaviest temperature (about 4*c) contained by 10cm cubed which by complete coincidence happens to be a litre all SI Units work out perfectly based on the 8 constants.