> Subject: : Catholic Education Hope this does not offend any Catholics out there..
>Little Tommy was doing very poorly in math. >His parents tried >everything... tutors, flash cards, special >learning centres... In short, >everything they could think of to improve >Tommy's grades just wasn't working. >As a last ditch effort, they enrolled Tommy >in the local Catholic School. >After Tommy's first day at the new school, >he came home with a very >serious look on his face. He didn't even >kiss his mother hello, but >walked straight to his room and started >studying. Books and paper >were soon spread out all over the room with >Tommy hard at work. His mother >was amazed. She called him down to dinner, >and to her shock, the minute >he was done, he marched right back to his >room without a word and started >hitting the books as hard as before. > This went on day after day while his mother >tried to understand what was >making the difference. Finally, little >Tommy brought home his report >card. He placed it quietly on the table and >walked directly to his room >to hit the books again. With great >curiosity, Tommy's mom opened the >report card, and to her delight, little >Tommy got an A+ in math! > She had to know why the Catholic School had made >such a difference, so she went >to Tommy's room. > "So, what was it? Was it the nuns?", she >asked. Little Tommy kept his eyes on the ground >and shook his head, "No". > "Was it the books... the discipline, the >structure, the uniforms?" > Little Tommy again shook his head, "No". > "Then what was it?" > Little Tommy looked at her, with a fearful >expression on his face, and >finally answered, "Well, on the first day >of school, when I saw that guy >nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't >f%#*ing around".
