In Defense of the Metric System

Do you know how many gills are in a cup? What about how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon? Didn't know the answer to either one of those questions? Don't worry, neither did I, and I'm sure we're not alone. Thanks to the unnecessarily complicated American System of Measurement (also known as the Imperial System), you may be expected to know many trivial measurements such as these, but without any logical way to remember them. That's why I believe we should switch to the metric system, also known as the SI. (International System of Units, abbreviated SI from the French le Système international d'unités)

The SI uses a standard conversation method across all units of measurement, making it extremely easy to remember how to convert units. After learning the three base units (meter for length, liter for volume, gram for mass) you simply need to apply the proper prefix and add or subtract a few zeros! See the chart below for the prefixes associated with the SI.
See, isn't that so much easier to work with? As you may have noticed, the entire system is based upon simple multiples of 10! I don't see how anyone could argue it's easier to remember 12 inches in a foot-3 feet in a yard-1760 yards in a mile, and let's not even get into converting the other way, that is breaking the inch into 16ths!