Its been around a while but its still good.
Subject: Catholic Math
Little Tommy (who was Jewish) was doing very badly
in math. His parents had tried everything: tutors,
mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In
short, they tried everything they could think of.
Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Tommy
down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school.
After the first day, little Tommy 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 Tommy 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 some time, day after day while his
mother tried to understand what made the difference.
Finally, little Tommy 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 Tommy
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 Tommy 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 Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the
first day of school,
