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Thank you for your kind thought. There *is* an SI standard -- it is the K.
It seems to me that unless there is a *clear* and *compelling* advantage to
the use of a non-SI unit and only in a class intended for non-physical
science people), that the SI be used exclusively -- no matter what the
instructor is more *comfortable* with -- let the instructor get off his/her
mental rear end and be professional about it.
This philosophy pervades many of the threads on this list. We often hear
things like "Well you are correct (strictly), but why can't I do it my old
fashioned (read 'incorrect') way none-the-less." This is often the same as
saying "I am too lazy to improve my teaching.