Amanda Haggard

Early voting begins today in Tennessee. Davidson County voters will see the transit referendum and statehouse races on their ballots. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

Before songsmith @danspencermetal opens the Nissan Stadium stop on @PostMalone's tour, contributor @HaggardAmanda catches up with him about writing, supporting music in small towns and more. nashvillescene.com/music/nashvill…

.@HaggardAmanda being awesome on Charlie Strobel being awesome. nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/b…

A posthumous memoir from The Room In The Inn’s founding director Charles Strobel is full of honest wisdom. TN Writers | TN Stories will host a discussion of the book this Saturday. nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/b…

@scavendish Have you considered that he’s smart and nice?

Anyone know how to get rid of a raccoon? Real dumb one has decided to take up residence, eat our tomatoes and taunt our dogs.

My husband just said the singer from @barenakedladies sounds like @jackblack and now I cannot unhear it.

Petition to make all drivers of Nissan Altimas take an extra driving course and/or anger management classes.

@jpbrca @dpatrickrodgers I once saw a child with no shoes on filling up a gallon of water at that location. And I’d go back today if someone invited me.

@dpatrickrodgers Has anyone braved the one on Bell Rd by the Motel 6/ Percy Priest dam

Was joking with some pals last night about ranking our favorite Nashville-area Waffle House locations (what a silly concept!) and then we actually started ranking our favorite Nashville-area Waffle House locations.

@dpatrickrodgers I have my list prepared when/if needed 🫡

@scavendish I’m in PAIN thinking about Dana editing this. 😂😂😂

I just read the Tennessean's Morgan Wallen concert review and I need someone to prove to me that it wasn't done by Chat GPT

@dpatrickrodgers “Oh yeah, am I using a Mac or a PC?”

I just asked a phone scammer if he was a phone scammer and he said “go fuck yourself and fuck your father, YOU’RE a scam!” Honestly … respect.

@t_fulch Hah, well, not a lot. I was mostly hoping someone would have a study ready to toss my way, but that was naive!

@HaggardAmanda How much time do you have?

Can anyone point me to any studies around K-12 attendance support and using punitive measures to get kids to school everyday? My kid doesn’t miss enough school that it matters as much, but I’m curious about the method of withholding a fun activity to get kids to school.

@AnneMarieDF I should also say I’m not advocating for doing nothing — I just truly wonder if this method is really working.

@AnneMarieDF This is for kids K-6. I also know teen truancy is a huge issue because I was not really made to go to school at that age. I’m not sure what would’ve helped me specifically from a school intervention perspective, but clearly the truancy carried through to high school for me.

@CoryWoodroof47 Wow and now you review films instead of being an accountant

@HaggardAmanda When I was in fifth grade, my mom and grandma let me go see Hidalgo the night before a math test instead of going to bed early. I failed the test the day after and then cried in middle of class when I got the grade back, made worse when saw dumbest kid in the class passed.

As a note, I’m sensitive to this because I grew up in a family that took us out of school constantly and I can’t see my folks having been swayed by a reward. I did miss out on things because of it and the only person it hurt was me, who had zero control over getting to school.

One thing about a girl child is they’re absolutely making you learn hand symbols they just made up on the fly in order to answer a simple question.

Nashvillians of the Year: Gun safety advocates Sarah Shoop Neumann, Ibtihal Cheko and Maryam Abolfazli are at the center of a Nashville community calling for change. nashvillescene.com/news/coverstor…

This Christmas I’m wondering if my JNCOs that had a semi circle of water damage on the bottom would go for more or less today than the ones that were in good shape