Little Tommy was doing very poorly in math.  His parents tried
everything ...
tutors, flash cards, special learning centers .. in short, everything
they
could think of to improve Tommy's grades.

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 was
so different, 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?  WHAT
was
it??" she asked.  Little Tommy looked at her 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 fooling around."