Trouble with Math
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried
everything; tutors, flash cards, "Hooked on Math," special learning
centers-in short, everything that they could think of.
Finally in a last ditch effort, they took Tommy down and enrolled
him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Tommy
comes home with a very serious look on his face. He doesn't
kiss his mother hello. Instead, he goes straight to his room and starts
studying. Books and paper are spread out all over the room and
Little Tommy is hard at work. His mother is amazed.
She calls him down to dinner and to her shock, the minute he is done he
marches back to his room without a word and in no time he is back hitting
the books as hard as before. This goes on for some time, day after day while
the mother tries to understand what made all the difference.
inally, Little Tommy brings home his report card. He quietly lays it on
the table and goes up to his room and hits the books. With great
trepidation his mom looks at it and to her surprise, Little Tommy got an A
in Math!
She can no longer hold her curiosity. She goes to his room and asks, "Son,
what was it? Was it the nuns?"
Little Tommy looks at her and shakes his head.
"Well then," She replies "was it the books, the discipline, the structure,
the uniforms, WHAT was it??
Little Tommy looks at her and says
"Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that guy nailed
to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."
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