I stumbled upon the following YouTube videos reciently, and I thought I would share my find.

This miss teen U.S.A. video does not improve the image of beauty pageant contestants.

As of 2007 only three countries, the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma) had not adopted the metric system.

On May 20, 1875 an international treaty known as the Convention du Mètre (Metre Convention) was signed by 17 states (including the United States).   

The metric system has been around for more than a few years, and the United States seems to be little behind the rest of the world in adopting the standard.   Does this say anything about the United States, its willingness to adopt international standards, or the U.S. government’s preoccupation with matters less constructive (war, partisanship, scandal) ? 

Is the failure to adopt the metric system related to:

• Failure to define an energy policy during the last 20 years  
• Abismal US primary and secondary education scores
• Over half the the degree science and engineering works are over 40 years old

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system 

http://www.todaysengineer.org/2004/Apr/outlook.asp

http://4brevard.com/choice/international-test-scores.htm