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3 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This thread is completely insane. I *strongly* urge as many teachers as possible to block Paul Garvey. I have been the victim of his bullying, and @tstarkey1212 is one of the best people around.
(as an aside, in general as a rule I don't tweet people I have blocked as I don't think it is very cricket. I make one exception for this: Paul Garvey. I make this exception because of the *enormous* following he has, and I can only assume people haven't seen the kind of awful
way he carries himself on here. the more followers he has, the more this behaviour gets rewarded, and the worse a space EduTwitter becomes. So yes, I make an exception.)
oh one more thing: I've also been trying really hard to be polite and non-combative on here, and think I have broadly managed that recently. As above, I make an exception for Paul for exactly the same reasons.

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