Math Problems

[wally246]

Serious Math Problem.

Little Zachary, a Jewish kid, was doing very badly in
math. His parents had tried everything: tutors, mentors,
flash cards, special learning centers. In short, every-
thing 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?"

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."