Little Johnny 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 Johnny down & enrolled him in the local Catholic school.
After the first day, little Johnny came home with a very serious look on his face. He
didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room & started
studying. Books & papers were spread out all over the room and little Johnny was hard
at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner and 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 sometime, day after day while the mother tried to understand what made
all the difference. Finally, little Johnny brought home his report card. He quietly laid it
on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his mom
looked at it and to her surprise, little Johnny 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 Johnny looked at her and shook his head, no.
“Well then,” she replied, “was it the books, the discipline, the structure,
the uniforms? WHAT was it?”
Little Johnny looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw
that guy on the wall nailed to the big plus sign, I knew they weren’t fooling
around.”
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