It has to be metric I'm afraid, you can't do physics or mechanics at all easily with imperial measures, it's mathematically more sensible to measure in base ten when we count in base ten (despite the fact that base ten is perhaps the worst imaginable number base in existence, 12 or 24 are much better). Mathematicians always look to make things simpler as well, so in fact metric makes one a better mathematician, not imperial; measurement conversions are arithmetic anyway, not proper maths.

Having said this, I do more readily use imperial for everyday purposes, and it sounds nicer saying "6 feet 1 inch" or "13 and a half stones" or "3 pints" than "182.785 cm" etc. more poetic and pleasing to the ear.