Elkhunter
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Little Alex 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 Alex down and enrolled him in the local Catholic
school.
After the first day, little Alex comes home with a
very serious look on his face. He doesn't kiss his
mother hello. Instead, he goes straight to his room
and starts studying. Books and papers are spread out
all over the room and little Alex is hard at work.
His mother is amazed. She calls him down to dinner
and 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 sometime, day after day while the mother tries
to understand what made all the difference.
Finally, little Alex brings home his report card.
He quietly lays it on the table and goes up to his
room and hits the books. With great trepidation, his
mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Alex got
an A in math. She can no longer hold her curiosity.
She goes to his room and says: "Son, what was it? Was
it the nuns?"
Little Alex looks at her and shakes his head 'No.'
"Well then," she replies, "was it the books, the
discipline, the structure, the uniforms, WHAT was it?"
Little Alex 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."
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 Alex down and enrolled him in the local Catholic
school.
After the first day, little Alex comes home with a
very serious look on his face. He doesn't kiss his
mother hello. Instead, he goes straight to his room
and starts studying. Books and papers are spread out
all over the room and little Alex is hard at work.
His mother is amazed. She calls him down to dinner
and 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 sometime, day after day while the mother tries
to understand what made all the difference.
Finally, little Alex brings home his report card.
He quietly lays it on the table and goes up to his
room and hits the books. With great trepidation, his
mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Alex got
an A in math. She can no longer hold her curiosity.
She goes to his room and says: "Son, what was it? Was
it the nuns?"
Little Alex looks at her and shakes his head 'No.'
"Well then," she replies, "was it the books, the
discipline, the structure, the uniforms, WHAT was it?"
Little Alex 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."
