SPEECH 1

THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY - SPEECH 1

Today I am going to talk about something very important. I am going to talk about the most important meal of the day. What do you think the most important meal of the day is?

Hands up if you think its lunch?

Hands up if you think its dinner?

Hands up if you think its breakfast?

Well I’m here to tell you that it’s not any of those meals. The most important meal of the day is dessert. Dessert is not treated with the respect that it deserves and it is often overlooked. This is a problem that we urgently need to fix.

You have breakfast lunch and dinner every day don’t you? Why do you only have dessert a few times a week? That hardly seems fair. I am learning about social justice in class and that is just plain discrimination.

According to the dictionary dessert is a course that concludes a main meal and usually consists of sweet foods or beverages. Doesn’t every main meal deserve a conclusion? I think based on that definition we could introduce dessert after breakfast as well. Now that would get me out of bed in the morning.

So why should we have more dessert? Do I really even need to answer that question?

I will give you 10 good reasons…

Pavlova, cheese cake, ice cream, apple pie, chocolate custard, pudding, jelly, mouse, profiteroles and absolutely anything that involves salted caramel. Mmmmm mmmmmm

 XXXXXX is a very good school and sets very high standards however there is one area in which it is lacking. DESSERTS. All we have on offer in the school canteen is vanilla ice cream. I think we can do a lot better than that. We are not going to inspire future dessert chefs with this selection. We are not going to capture anyone’s imagination, we are not going to have our school canteen achieve 4 chef hats unless we make a change. BRING ON DESSERT

Now I can just imagine some parents saying what about all that sugar?

Some desserts have fruit, dairy and eggs in them. Not all desserts are pure sugar.

Also think of all the people whose jobs would be at risk without desserts. The toothpaste makers, the dentists, large sections of the supermarket would be bare. We can’t have that.

If we sold a wide range of desserts at the school canteen we would never need to fundraise again because the canteen would make so much money. The P & F could take a well-earned break.
Children would be very active learners and no one would fall asleep in class. Everyone would be in a good mood and we would be a lot sweeter all around. What is not to like?

Today you have heard why desert is so important and lets face it DELICIOUS.

Please help me to make sure that dessert gets the respect it deserves. Do not overlook dessert. It is where imagination meets reality. I only ask that it has equality with the other meals of the day. And together we can all help to make the world a sweeter place.