Math Wonder

Little Zachary 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 to help his math.

 

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary

down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school.

 

After the first day, little Zachary 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 Zachary was hard

at work.

 

His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.

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 Zachary brought home his report card.

He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room

and hit the books.

 

With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to

her great surprise, little Zachary 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 Zachary 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 ALREADY'

 

Little Zachary looked at her and said, '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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