savant365
Silver Member
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 came home with a very
serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello.
Instead, he went straight to his room & started studying.
Books & 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
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, when I saw that guy on the wall nailed to
the big plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."
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 came home with a very
serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello.
Instead, he went straight to his room & started studying.
Books & 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
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, when I saw that guy on the wall nailed to
the big plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."
