1.
A ten-year-old boy was failing math. His parents
tried everything from tutors to hypnosis, but
to no avail. Finally, at the insistence of a
family friend, they decided to enroll their son
in a private Catholic school.
After the first day, the boy's parents were
surprised when he walked in after school with
a stern, focused and very determined expression
on his face, and went right past them straight
to his room, where he quietly closed the door.
For nearly two hours he toiled away in his
room - with math books strewn about his desk
and the surrounding floor. He emerged long enough
to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate,
went straight back to his room, closed the door,
and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime.
This pattern continued ceaselessly until it
was time for the first quarter report card. The
boy walked in with his report card -- unopened
-- laid it on the dinner table and went straight
to his room. Cautiously, his mother opened it,
and to her amazement, she saw a bright red "A"
under the subject of MATH.
Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into
their son's room, thrilled at his remarkable
progress. "Was it the nuns that did it?," the
father asked. The boy only shook his head and
said, "No."
"Was it the one-on-one tutoring? The peer-mentoring?"
"No."
"The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?"
"Nope," said the son. "On that first day, when
I walked in the front door and saw that guy they
nailed to the 'plus sign,' I just knew they meant
business!"
2.
A Protestant moved into a completely Catholic community. Being good
Catholics they welcomed him into their community. But, also because they
were good Catholics they did not eat red meat on Fridays. So when their
neighbour began barbecuing some juicy steak on Friday night, they began to
squirm.
They were so annoyed that they went to talk to him about it. After much
talk they convinced him to become Catholic. The next Sunday he went to the
priest and the priest sprinkled holy water on him and said, "You were born
Protestant. You were raised Protestant. But now you are Catholic."
And so, the next Friday, as the neighbors sat down to eat their fish, they
were disturbed by the smell of roast beef coming from the neighboring
house. They went over to talk to the new Catholic because he knew he was
not supposed to eat beef on Fridays. When they saw him, he was sprinkling
ketchup on the beef saying, "You were born a cow. You were raised a cow.
But now you are fish."
A ten-year-old boy was failing math. His parents
tried everything from tutors to hypnosis, but
to no avail. Finally, at the insistence of a
family friend, they decided to enroll their son
in a private Catholic school.
After the first day, the boy's parents were
surprised when he walked in after school with
a stern, focused and very determined expression
on his face, and went right past them straight
to his room, where he quietly closed the door.
For nearly two hours he toiled away in his
room - with math books strewn about his desk
and the surrounding floor. He emerged long enough
to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate,
went straight back to his room, closed the door,
and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime.
This pattern continued ceaselessly until it
was time for the first quarter report card. The
boy walked in with his report card -- unopened
-- laid it on the dinner table and went straight
to his room. Cautiously, his mother opened it,
and to her amazement, she saw a bright red "A"
under the subject of MATH.
Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into
their son's room, thrilled at his remarkable
progress. "Was it the nuns that did it?," the
father asked. The boy only shook his head and
said, "No."
"Was it the one-on-one tutoring? The peer-mentoring?"
"No."
"The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?"
"Nope," said the son. "On that first day, when
I walked in the front door and saw that guy they
nailed to the 'plus sign,' I just knew they meant
business!"
2.
A Protestant moved into a completely Catholic community. Being good
Catholics they welcomed him into their community. But, also because they
were good Catholics they did not eat red meat on Fridays. So when their
neighbour began barbecuing some juicy steak on Friday night, they began to
squirm.
They were so annoyed that they went to talk to him about it. After much
talk they convinced him to become Catholic. The next Sunday he went to the
priest and the priest sprinkled holy water on him and said, "You were born
Protestant. You were raised Protestant. But now you are Catholic."
And so, the next Friday, as the neighbors sat down to eat their fish, they
were disturbed by the smell of roast beef coming from the neighboring
house. They went over to talk to the new Catholic because he knew he was
not supposed to eat beef on Fridays. When they saw him, he was sprinkling
ketchup on the beef saying, "You were born a cow. You were raised a cow.
But now you are fish."