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31.08.05, 22:20
Catholic Math
Little Tommy (who was Jewish) was doing very badly in math. His parents
had
tried everything: tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers
-
in short, everything 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 came home with a very serious look on
his
face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to
his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over
the
room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She
called
him
down to dinner and to her shock, the minute he was done he marched back
to
his room
without a word and in no time he was back hitting the books as hard as
before.
This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to
understand what made all the difference. Finally, little Tommy brought
home
his report card. He quietly laid it on the table and went up to his room
and
hit the books.
With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great surprise,
little Tommy got an "A" in math. She could no longer hold her Curiosity.
She went
to his room and said: "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, no.
"Well, then," she replied, "was it the books, the discipline, the
Structure, the uniforms? WHAT was it?"
Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school,
then I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling
around."