Little Tommy
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried
everything; tutors, flash cards, special learning centers, in short,
everything they could think of. Finally in a last ditch effort, they
took Tommy down & 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 & starts studying. Books and paper are spread out all over the
room & Little Tommy is hard at work. His mother is amazed. She calls
him down to dinner & 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. Finally, Little Tommy brings
home his report card. He quietly lays it on the table & goes up to his
room and hits the books. With great trepidation, his mom looks at it &
to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in Math. She can no longer hold
her curiosity.
She goes to his room & says: "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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