A ten year old boy was failing maths. At the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enroll their son in a private Catholic school.
After the very 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. He toiled away in his room, working feverishly on schoolwork until bedtime.
After two months of this behaviour, the boy walked in with his report card
Cautiously, his parents opened it, and to her amazement, they saw a bright red "A+" for Maths. Overjoyed, they rushed into their son's room, thrilled at his remarkable progress.
"Was it the nuns that did it?", they asked
"No."
"Was it the one-on-one tutoring?
"No."
"The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?"
"No," said the son. “Let me explain”
"On that first day, I walked in the front door and saw that guy nailed to the 'plus sign,'
I knew these guys REALLY meant business!"