1+2 = 3

Until a child tells you what they are thinking,
we can't even begin to imagine how their mind is working....
Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything...tutors,
mentors, flash cards, special learning centers.
In short, everything 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.'