The metric system by CaraNiamh O'Mahony https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk en-us 2017-08-16 15:02:33 UTC 2017-08-17 15:03:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Lincoln Chafee said, "Let's join the rest of the world and go metric." comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181273204 I don't really know what the metric system is.

]]> 2017-08-16 15:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181273204 "The worst idea" of the campaign. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181274152 I agree]]> 2017-08-16 15:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181274152 John's son said, "People say it's expensive, but the economic benefits outweigh the cost." comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181274481 John's son said 'People say' this is not fact so who cares what he says]]> 2017-08-16 15:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181274481 If we change a system the children learning it will get confused and it will be dumb and all the kids are going to suck at life because they weren't taught like everyone else. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181275285 2017-08-16 15:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181275285 "manufactures of high-end machine tools" comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181275777 Where are they now? They obviously lost businesses because we don't do the metric system in the United States]]> 2017-08-16 15:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181275777 "Government fiats don't work when it comes to weighs and measures." comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181276717 Then why thing about using it?]]> 2017-08-16 15:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181276717 Experts say, "Why, exactly, doesn’t the United States already use the metric system?" comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181451978 2017-08-17 14:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181451978 "Chafee's call for the United States to adopt the metric system generated an immediate backlash" comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181452361 Why does america not want this?]]> 2017-08-17 14:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181452361 Americans don't want the metric system because of pride. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181452617 2017-08-17 14:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181452617 Lincoln Chafee, is a former Rhode Island senator and governor. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453036 2017-08-17 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453036 Lincoln Chafee, comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453111 2017-08-17 14:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453111 Yoni Appelbaum and Stephen Mihm argue about the metric system. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453287 2017-08-17 14:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453287 "If everyone in the world speaks English, it's very easy to do business, travel, and engage in trade" comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453639 The British did this too, they tried to make everyone the same as them.]]> 2017-08-17 14:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181453639 Barley any people in america use the metric system comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454155 2017-08-17 15:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454155 1870 is the year that the manufacturer-ers tried to make a business out of it. comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454259 2017-08-17 15:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454259 "The most sophisticated and powerful opponents of the metric system were engineers who built the industrial infrastructure of the United States." comahony3 https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454570 So what happens if we compleatly stop using it.]]> 2017-08-17 15:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/comahony3/9l4w1ypgvokk/wish/181454570