Whitney Claytor (any pronouns)

Would be a better president than Ronald Reagan according to my high school students.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

PSA: I want attention when /I/ want it. Basically treat me like a cat and we’ll get along fine.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Student: I could never work at McDonalds, I would look horrible in those uniforms.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Me: Hey, your lab hours ended like fifteen minutes ago, you can go home.
Student: I know, but I want to finish this.
Me: Okay, let me rephrase. I would like to go home. And I can’t do that until you go home.
S: OH! Okay, I’ll finish this later.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Stage Manager: Okay everyone let’s get started!
*kids don’t listen and continue to chat*
Me: *thunderously* QUIET IN THE HOUSE.
*silence*
SM: Thank you.
Props Master: Nicely done.
Me: Thank you, I’m classically trained.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

@DebbieW57 The kids thought it was pretty funny too!

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Student: Why do we have abalone buttons?
Me: Oh, I got those from my dad. Anytime I need some niche costume thing, I text my dad and odds are he has it. Abalone buttons, leather neckerchief slides, yarn, beads, all kinds of stuff.
S: Wow, what does he do?
Me: He’s an accountant.

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

Hey all of these things are examples of a eugenics playbook in action:
1. Normalizing epidemic diseases
2. Removing proven drug therapies from market
3. Claiming disabled people can "work out" to restore health
4. Institutionalizing ppl in "health" camps 1/3

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Student: My aunt and uncle don’t believe in dinosaurs. I could go to a family function with a girlfriend, and that’s fine. But if I told them I learned about dinosaurs at school, they’d be like “that’s not real!”

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

I had an ableist wheelchair attendant at the airport today, so here is a very unfriendly reminder for everyone.

NO ONE requests an airport wheelchair because they’re too lazy to walk through the terminal.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

I have big teacher/safe adult energy.

Some kid (probably 3yo) came up and asked me about my book. She then insisted that she also needed a book, and then began speaking mostly gibberish. But I did hear the word “book” approx 73 times before her mother coaxed her back over.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Me: You know, kiddo, I think you need to rethink the way you talk about your health problems. You say all these really upsetting things like they’re all fun fun silly Willy and they’re not.
Student: *giggling* no they’re not! They’re not silly Willy, they’re serious William!

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Me: *sees the cats have once again flattened their little pop up tent*straightens it out*sets it back up*
Orange cat: *tears out of the bedroom to tackle the evil pop tent that has somehow come back to life after its earlier slaying*

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Today for dinner I had toasted ravioli, tater tots, and wine.

Adulthood is weird.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Was scrolling tiktok when I felt a little tickle on my wrist.

I angled the phone and saw the TINIEST spider crawling there.

And as I watched, it started building a web in between my wrist and my phone.

It has now been carefully relocated, but what a cool thing.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

“I love you very much but you are not allowed to eat my jewelry”

^^ thing I just said out loud while I cradled my orange cat like a baby

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Me: Hey y’all we’re having a movie day!
Students: OH YAY!
Me: And you have to write an essay about it.
Students: Aw, man.
Me: But we’re watching Emma!
One student in the back: OH HELL YEAH!

I’ll take it, lol.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Has anyone ever eaten a small deep dish frozen pizza while it was still frozen? Asking for a friend.

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Student: People who lay on their bed in outside clothes are GROSS.
Me: I’m not changing as soon as I get home just because I wanna lay down for a minute.
S: BUT THAT’S YOUR BED!

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ @sappholives83]

The fact that defense attorneys were allowed to badger Gisele until she cried in court today is horrendous. At their best, defense attorneys do an important job. These are trash. They asked her if she enjoyed “these partners” - by which they meant the men who raped her while 1/

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

Me: Hey how good are you at painting?
Student: uh, well, um…if you asked me to paint a tree I could probably do it, but I’m no good at realism.
Me: Cool, I need you to paint this jacket to look like it was just on fire.
S: *jumping up and down*OH MY GOD FUN YES I CAN DO THAT!

[Whitney Claytor (any pronouns) @EhWhit]

If anyone was wondering how easily I form emotional attachments with inanimate objects, I just want you to know that once at a con, I saw a small plastic elephant that had been forgotten amongst a bunch of crumbs on the floor, and I felt bad for him and promptly adopted him.