CATHOLIC MATH

Little Tommy 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 Tommy down &
enrolled him in the local Catholic School. After the first day

 little Tommy comes home with a very serious look on his face. He doesn't
kiss his mother hello. Instead, he goes straight to his room & starts
studying. Books & papers are spread out all over the room and little Tommy
is
hard at work. His mother is amazed. She calls him down to dinner and to her
shock, the minute he is done he marches back to his room without a word and
in no time he is back hitting the books as hard as before. This goes on for
sometime, day after day while the mother tries to understand what made all
the difference. Finally, little Tommy brings home his report card. He
quietly
lays it on the table and goes up to his room and hits the books. With great
trepidation, his mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an
"A"
in math.  She can no longer hold her curiosity. She goes to his room and
says:  "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Tommy looks at her and
shakes his head. "Well then," she replies, "was it the books, the
discipline,
he structure, the uniforms, WHAT was it?". Little Tommy looks at her and
says, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that guy nailed to the
plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."