January 17th, 2005

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 him with 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 from school 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. Later that evening, she called him down to dinner, and the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word. In no time, he was hitting the books as hard as before.

This went on day after day for quite some time while his mother tried to understand what had brought about this great change in little Zachary. Finally, he brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went to his room, and hit the books.

With great trepidation, his mother looked at the report card and to her surprise, little Zachary got an "A" in math. She could no longer hold back her curiosity. She went to his room and said, "Zack, what is it? What has caused such a change in you? Is it the nuns?"

Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head no.

"Well, then," she said, "Is it the books, the discipline, the uniforms? What is it?"

Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Mom, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around!"

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