>
>
> Little Zachary, a Jewish kid, 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 in Moses' name was it?"
>
>
>
> Little Zachary looked up 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 fucking around."
>
