Re: Your expert perspective...

[Free Spirit <FRANK@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu>]

>The teacher in question should have no difficulty understanding the basis
>for establishing SI units for dose (or any other measurement). A teacher of
>any science who doesn't understand the SI approach is entitled to be an
>unemployed teacher.

	Hmm.. lets postulate that:

	o The teacher in question is in the biological sciences, and got
	  the equivalent of a "Physics for Dummies" course, if that at all.

	o Ignorance is the root cause of most phobias. Just because you
	   went to college doesn't mean your not ignorant.

	o Some people love to see evil cabals everywhere.

	I would make an attempt to educate with ideas like "well, I guess
	the car companies are going to Kilometers to make their mpg numbers
	look better..." I don't think there's much of a chance of swaying
	anybody who is in as much of an ostrich mode as the teacher, but if
	even one class member is helped, it's worth it.

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