{"id":1813,"date":"2017-05-26T11:28:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T11:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2017-05-26T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T11:30:38","slug":"inspiring-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/2017\/05\/26\/inspiring-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-scotland-40038300\/glasgow-schoolgirl-to-read-her-own-poem-for-barack-Obama<\/p>\n

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We listened to this poem by a 13year old schoolgirl.\u00a0 Mila is from Glasgow and will read this at a dinner with Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

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If I Ruled Scotland <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here is what I\u2019d do<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d make everything equal for me and you<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d educate Scotland on hope and peace<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And make the minorities feel at ease<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s a law I would pass<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When the sun shone no kids were in class<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead we\u2019d play rounders or read in the shade<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(after all it\u2019s unlikely to last more than one day!) <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s what I\u2019d do<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d keep the night safe from crime and misuse<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d treat prisoners like humans \u2013 guide them back to a life<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Filled with prosper and respect, doesn\u2019t that sound nice? <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s some stuff I would ban,<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like mars bars deep fried or those pies in a can<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

But don\u2019t fret even though it has a strange hue,<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would never get rid of our loved Irn Bru! <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s what I\u2019d do<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d save all the dying accents so people knew<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That in Scotland there is more than one type of man<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We celebrate our differences as best as we can <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s what I would teach <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That football\u2019s no place for hate to be preached<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That supporting a team shouldn\u2019t dictate<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Which people we like and which people we hate<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland I\u2019d invest in our schools<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To ensure rich or poor our kids all had the tools<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To pursue their own dream regardless of class<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And Scotland a nation where no one comes last <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland here\u2019s something I\u2019d try <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019d fund our NHS to keep it alive<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then when people get sick no matter how deep their pockets<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019d always have medicine on hand to stop it <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I ruled Scotland I wouldn\u2019t allow <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Any racism nonsense to interfere with my vow<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That no matter the colour or tone of your skin,<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re all Jock Tamson\u2019s bairns and that means we\u2019re all kin<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I win this contest, here\u2019s how I would pick<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

The other 9 people to come on this trip<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d ask some of my teachers to choose some nice kids <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who would never usually get a chance like this<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-scotland-40038300\/glasgow-schoolgirl-to-read-her-own-poem-for-barack-Obama   We listened to this poem by a 13year old schoolgirl.\u00a0 Mila is from Glasgow and will read this at a dinner with Barack Obama.   If I Ruled Scotland If I ruled Scotland here is what I\u2019d do I\u2019d make everything equal for me and you I\u2019d educate Scotland on hope and peace … Continue reading Inspiring Poem<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2067,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,350735,348732],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literacy","category-literacy-2","category-p5-7-the-big-class"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/fishertonpsandeyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}