David, a young Jewish lad, kept getting kicked out of public and private schools for bad behaviour, truancy, and an abundance of missing assignments. His parents were at their wits end. There was only one remaining school left that David had not been kicked out of. So; reluctantly, David’s father dragged his son to St. Paul’s Catholic school for boys.
After his first day, his parents held their collective breath and waited at their front door as the school bus let David off. The young boy flew past his parents and up to his room where he studied until 10 pm. The next day as the bus dropped David off, he once again ran full speed up to his room and studied until late into the night. So it went, day after day, the same routine for the first three months. When it finally came to report card time, David scored straight A’s. His mother and father had tears of joy in their eyes. Finally, the father could stand it no more and needed an explanation for his son’s drastic change in behavior.
“So, David, tell us what happened. What is so different about St. Paul’s?
"Dad, it's not like the other schools. The first day I walked into the school office and saw that young man hanging on a cross, I knew they fucking meant business."