Is it fear of punishment that gets it done?
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Dil Deka <[email protected]> Subject: LITTLE ZACHARY This is funny Dil >An old one, but maybe it will give you a smile on this rainy Friday... > > >----- Original Message ----- > >Subject: LITTLE ZACHARY > >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 ALREADY?' > >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.' > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
