There was a huge out cry that the “Metric Police” were going to go door to door to collect your measuring devices.
Cups and Ounces in the kitchen date only to the early part of the 20 century. I have read my great grandmother’s recipes one of which called for butter the size of an egg.
I hated school until I was diagnosed with Dyslexia. Once I learned to read it was different. I had great teachers. In fact I learned more about our US Constitution and US Government in high school than in my three college Government classes.
They both have their place. Before Ereader’s or iPad’s etc. I read a very thick book Ken Folett’s Pillars of the Earth in hard cover that book has 950+ pages. A very heavy book. An Ereader or iPad would have been wonderful.
And if you are an under the bed or closet monster you have to worry about Monster Spray.