Judy Hamilton
2nd July 2008, 01:22 PM (13:22)
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 shoo k 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.'
>
> Have a wonderful day.
>
> 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 shoo k 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.'
>
> Have a wonderful day.
>