Weight
zantheman7 wrote: I am 12 years old,5 foot 3 and 49.0 kilos.Is this normal? I used to be 51kg but lost a few kgs. Not sure if troll... But anyway, that's a normal weight for you.
Forum Discussion
kmendo88 wrote:lissarv68 wrote:RenegadeMoose wrote:
I'm sorry, I'm American. They don't teach us proper weights and measures here.
Not all Americans, my son is being taught the metric and decimal systems. He's going into the 5th grade. Just defending the American education system because some schools do teach both systems.
Every school teaches the basics of the metric system because nearly everyone else in the world uses it. But, there is nowhere near the emphasis and it doesn't stay relevant because none of their other lessons stress the use of it. Seriously, just pick any American at random and the chances are significantly high that they won't know how to transfer metric units.
I'm really not sure why anyone would want to defend the American school system...
As for the OP, don't pay attention to BMI charts. By the BMI standard, most pro athletes are considered overweight.
I will defend the American School System. I live in a state with a great public education system and an even better private one. We have a private school that is ranked in the top 10 best schools in the country. Our son does attend a private school but not because of the education. We wanted him going to chapel every week and learning the morals and values that have been removed from public school.
That is my one gripe with the school system.
AND....it does depend on what part of the US you live if you are getting a good education or not. I live in Virginia, the state has money and therefore the schools are excellent.
