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		lmm on May 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's time for the US to use the metric system > Should it also be illegal for the UK to teach Imperial units? Yes. It's a waste of children's time (and there is a massive market failure in education, so laws are the only way to make changes).

happyscrappy on May 30, 2014 [–]

The only thing the EU would accomplish by making it illegal to teach Imperial in the UK is guaranteeing they leave the EU.

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