Little Santa Singh 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 Santa down & enrolled him
in the local Christian Missionary School. After the first day, little Santa 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 Santa 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 Santa 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 Santa got an A in math. She can no longer hold
her curiosity. She goes to his room and says: "Santa, what was it? Was it the
nuns?"
Little Santa looks at her and shakes his head. "Well then", she replies, "was
it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms, WHAT was it?"
Little Santa looks at her and says, "Well, on the first day of school, when I
saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I realised what they do those who don't
do well in Maths."