A ten year old Jewish boy was failing his math exams. His parents tried everything from tutors to hypnosis, but to no avail. Finally at the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enrol their son in a private Catholic school.
After the first day, the boy's parents were surprised when he walked in from school with a stern focused and very determined look on his face. He went straight past them, right to his room and quietly closed the door. For nearly two hours he toiled
away in his room with math, books strewn about his desk and the surrounding floor.
He emerged long enough to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate, went straight back to his room, closed the door and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime.
This pattern of behavior continued until it was time for the first term's report card. The boy walked in with it unopened, laid it on the dinner table and went straight to his room.
Cautiously, his mother opened it and to her amazement, she saw a large red 'A' under the subject of Math. Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into their son's room, thrilled at his remarkable progress.
"Was it the nuns that did it ?" the father asked.
The boy shook his head and said "No."
"Was it the one-no-one tutoring? The textbooks ? The teachers? The curriculum?"
"No," said the son. "On the first day, when I walked in the front door and saw that guy nailed to the plus sign. I KNEW they were serious."
4 comments:
LOL stunning Patty... we both laughed at that one.
This is a good one. I heard it a long time ago...but had forgotten it.
Computer back up and running...thanks to your hubby!
Wanda is a gem. Always giving me credit for helping her out of the ditches she gets in. LOL
I remember this post. You read it to me yesterday.
Hi Patty ~~ Glad you liked that joke enough to post it. Thanks for the link.Take care, Love, Merle.
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