When you pull up the pencil skirt

I've been training my replacement teacher. As we ate lunch today somehow the fact that my cousin is a veterinarian came up. "It's really hard to become a vet," I said, "I think she failed the test the first time she took it."

"Great segue," he replied. "Wanna hear a funny animal story? One of my friends lives on the second-story of her apartment building. She just got this tiny dog, a Yorkshire. She was late home one day, so the dog was super-excited to see her come through the door. It ran to jump at her, but missed and flew over the balcony. The vet said it should be put to sleep."

Wow. This guy is going to be GREAT WITH THE 8TH GRADERS.