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• Mar. 24, 2006 - Little Zachary
LITTLE ZACHARY
Little Zachary 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 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 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. She called him down to dinner.
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 some time, day after day, while
the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.
Finally, little Zachary brought home his report card. He quietly laid
it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With
great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great
surprise, little Zachary 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 Zachary 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 ALREADY?"
Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Well, 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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• Mar. 24, 2006 - Untitled Comment