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Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social

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#FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · Aug 31

‘Imaginative storytelling & unexpected plotlines top off a brilliant read. Someone needs to make a movie!

‘If you, like me, are not quite sure where humanity is heading, and how that relates to the past, I guarantee you will love this book.’

5* ‘On Time for Eco’ amzn.eu/d/fNlanMa

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 16h

…they also had to carefully consider how Trump was going to react if he didn’t get it. He can do a lot of harm to weaker nations (which is pretty much everyone else). He seems to be turning his sights inwards onto his own nation at the moment though, while all others play ‘don’t poke the bear.’

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 16h

It is, but nations move slowly. The best analogy I can think of is Margaret Thatcher vs totalitarian. I think in that case a Maggie T democracy would be better than dictatorship. Depends if she wants to be a dictator or not if she got into the seat. It’s a compromise and I think a balance was struck

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 16h

Are there any aspiring or developing fiction writers out there who’d like to have a look at/ join in conversation in my free to access ‘sandbox’ blog? I’ve published in the academic arena for nearly 25 years, but only started writing fiction in lockdown. Lots of fun - and frustration!

Writing fiction: Characters, Storylines and Believability

Someone asked me recently- how do I develop the characters and storylines in my novels? It was something I hadn’t systematically analysed, but on reflection, I realise that my process is highly rhi…

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 17h

Are there any teachers, schools, colleges, librarians and/or ecological groups out there in the UK who would like a free copy of my book ‘On Time for Eco’? (Suitable for readers 14+). Happy to send a copy to the first three to reply. #EduSky amzn.eu/d/fnMPLgj

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 17h

Does she love Trump? Or is she using him?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 17h

He is, it surprised me. He’s the colleague with whom you watch your back, but would like on your side. Does that sound fair?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly. All is compromise and what is best for the majority. Always was and always will be. And yes, women are more likely to carry most of this load, whether in the home, workplace or government.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 17h

But a million times better than Trump winning. This was a strategic choice to make it very difficult for him to kick off in any materially dangerous fashion.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 18h

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 18h

Love him or hate him, and whether or not he tells the whole truth, I think (if it happened) Scaramucci and Newsom could be a powerful combination from next year onwards. (The whole interview is open access on this link).

Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (MEMBERS ONLY)

YouTube video by Intelligence Squared

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Parkin and Tea @parkinandtea.bsky.social · 1d

Children can't vote or have any say in the policies that affect them. FPTP doesn't help adults feel enfranchised, at least with PR everyone's vote truly counts.

Those in public life should be setting an example not a reminder of why most businesses moved away from such practices last century.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

Why don’t we shut off this gravy train and reallocate the cash to initiatives for disadvantaged children? Oh, right, because disadvantaged children don’t make the rules. The fact that 49-day Truss is drawing on it to fund her increasingly unhinged activities is outrageous.

Almost £10m of public money spent on subsidies for former PMs

Annual cost of allowance has more than doubled in recent years because of quick turnover of prime ministers

www.theguardian.com

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, the man in charge of this horrific circus really thought he was in with a chance of winning a Nobel Peace Prize. How did we ever let him believe that? And yes this includes us, UK, who indulged him with pretty carriages, horses, soldiers and palaces.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

There is some commonsense and decency left in this crazy world, then.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t either, so I watched episode 1 on the basis that I should know. The only thing that interested me was that Charlotte Church started digging in a fake grave (don’t ask) wearing a long white dress which was still white when she finished. I do want to know who actually dug between takes.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

No satisfactory answers have ever been provided to the questions in this article, for example.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

In the BBC headlines today. After the first episode of ‘Traitors’ was apparently important enough to delay the 10pm BBC 1 news for 15 minutes to accommodate it. To watch showbiz lovvies on a murder mystery weekend. I can show them real traitors still walking amongst us, if they pay attention.

Celebrity Traitors: Episode two was as killer as Tom Daley's side eye

Alan Carr continues to worry the nation in the second instalment of this instant-hit celebrity spin-off.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah all the shit in the water, another day in paradise, eh?

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Clive Taylor @saltednuts.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so enjoying the ‘share owning democracy’ that I was promised by Thatcher and all her like-minded decedents. Seems Starmer is a particular fan🤮

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

The lawyers are often the first in line to serve jail time. Note how viciously Trump has turned on the lawyers on his opposing side.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t think when using the pic, but is this something people outside the UK have never seen? It’s a comedy classic here!

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

Total sellout. I can’t believe anyone who has any respect for the professionalism of teachers and for the future of education for democracy has anything to do with him.

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Jane Harbison @janeharbison.bsky.social · 4d

Academisation was one of the worst things to happen to education in England
How much has it cost? For what benefit?

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

The thought that occurred to me was to what extent this is aimed at nurturing some understanding of/interest in the subject &how much it is aimed at inputting the answers to the test. As teachers, readers of this publication will be familiar with the complexity that exists between these two factors

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

Why is anyone even listening to what this deluded man has to say about education anymore?

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

A draft, a freeze frame
Fledgling texts pile on my shelves
Snapshots of long ago
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku
#AcademicSky

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

Another lovely review. Many, many thanks to readers for these. It’s so encouraging to know that people enjoy reading ‘Eco’ as much as I enjoyed writing it. amzn.eu/d/bl8yRwZ

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 5d

Many years ago when I was a teacher we objected to children being required to use a digital fingerprint instead of bringing lunch money, but I think that’s commonplace now.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 5d

It does some good summaries on Amazon too, but children’s school records are rather a different prospect.

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