Metric vs Imperial

See that little grey spot? Guess who that is?

Here's what really makes me mad. In order to accurately measure any amount of anything, I have to go through the Imperial system to the metric system. Now of course, many Americans do put up with that when they do scientific calculations (for the most part) but here's the thing. I can't do the Imperial system. Fuck if I know how many ounces in a cup and shit like that. I know metric, as well I should, it'd be quite embarrassing for me not to, I AM Canadian. So it really gets me in a fit when I have to do calculations by converting numbers from the old Imperial system to the metric. I basically only know metric in the first place and it's a lot easier anyways. It seems redundant in the educational system to teach the Imperial system when you're going to use the metric system anyways.

This here's my problem. My Nutrition 10 class gives me an assignment where I have to make note of what I eat and the quantity of what I eat. No problem there, right? Except I have to measure the amount in oz, cups and so on and so forth. I don't even know how much a cup is(just let me measure in grams or something, please!). I'm stuck using an old outdated system to quantify food consumption when I should be using the metric. Hell, I know how much grams there are in a kilogram, I know the approxiamate sizes of litres, metres, and millitres. The other things, is a cup supposed to be a real cup?

I guess this is just one of those pitfalls of American education, holding on to old outdated things because of tradition. Who the hell came up with the imperial system of measurement? Yeah, the British, the ones Americans fought so hard against to gain independance? What's that I smell? Yeah, that's IRONY.


But really, why use something you REALLY don't need, especially when you're required to learn the more efficient and common cousin in science class anyways? But I know I'm in no place to complain though, I am living here. The thing's here to stay.