Should The United States Use The Metric System
INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter: How many of you are able to name the number of feet in a furlong? [rhetorical question] (“Furlong”, Encyclopedia Britannica). Or can you name the number of fluid ounces in a gill? [rhetorical question] (“Gill”, Encyclopedia Britannica). Both of these units are measures of the customary system that the United States supposedly uses for its daily activities.
Background information: The United States of America has been using the customary system since the 1800s, even though the rest of the world uses the metric system. We are one of the few countries that still use the customary system, and this hinders us from being fully on par with the rest of the world.
Preview of Main Points: We should all use the metric …show more content…
Actually, all students are required to learn the metric system in high school because science classes require the use of the metric system, anyways. It would be easier to simply begin teaching them the metric system in grade school to make a simple transition into high school. We are making the students of today learn more units of measurement than other countries who use only the metric system.
Main Point 2: Since the majority of countries use the metric system, it will be easier to connect with other people in various countries because we will use the same system of measurement. The United States is the only powerful country that still uses a system of measurement other than the metric system. It would be easier to immediately understand a unit of measurement when someone from a different country talked about …show more content…
It will be easy to convert to the same system of measurement because we already have started converting to the Metric System. We use it in our daily lives when we buy a liter of soda or use ten gigabytes of data. These are both measures of the metric system that we use regularly [restatement]. Also, all fields of science are required to use the metric system in their measurements. Since the United States is already using the metric system in our day-to-day lives and in all science, it will be easy to convert our units into the metric
Attention Getter: How many of you are able to name the number of feet in a furlong? [rhetorical question] (“Furlong”, Encyclopedia Britannica). Or can you name the number of fluid ounces in a gill? [rhetorical question] (“Gill”, Encyclopedia Britannica). Both of these units are measures of the customary system that the United States supposedly uses for its daily activities.
Background information: The United States of America has been using the customary system since the 1800s, even though the rest of the world uses the metric system. We are one of the few countries that still use the customary system, and this hinders us from being fully on par with the rest of the world.
Preview of Main Points: We should all use the metric …show more content…
Actually, all students are required to learn the metric system in high school because science classes require the use of the metric system, anyways. It would be easier to simply begin teaching them the metric system in grade school to make a simple transition into high school. We are making the students of today learn more units of measurement than other countries who use only the metric system.
Main Point 2: Since the majority of countries use the metric system, it will be easier to connect with other people in various countries because we will use the same system of measurement. The United States is the only powerful country that still uses a system of measurement other than the metric system. It would be easier to immediately understand a unit of measurement when someone from a different country talked about …show more content…
It will be easy to convert to the same system of measurement because we already have started converting to the Metric System. We use it in our daily lives when we buy a liter of soda or use ten gigabytes of data. These are both measures of the metric system that we use regularly [restatement]. Also, all fields of science are required to use the metric system in their measurements. Since the United States is already using the metric system in our day-to-day lives and in all science, it will be easy to convert our units into the metric