I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

By Matthew Sanders

I have a dream, a dream that one day, my fellow students will not be judged by the size of their bodies but the joy in their hearts. That one day, we will see the school’s lunches restored to their former glory; big fluffy white rolls, crispy normal-sized chicken strips, and the use of salt. My fellow students, can you remember the time spent in elementary school?  Remember those lunches. It is a dark time in America indeed when 5 years ago, elementary students got more food at lunch than today’s high school student!  These scrumptious and filling lunches lasted until about the time I entered 8^th grade. We had already reluctantly accepted the fact that it was time to go back to school, but at least we would have a good meal. Little did we students know that a dark cloud of starvation settled upon the schools of America. An epidemic of ridiculous thinking had spread across the U.S.: “Our children are all obese! We have to reform our school’s lunches!” And thus, the reformation started. While we were enjoying our summer, this idea spread across our great country.  The rolls we once enjoyed had been removed. Not even a grain of salt was left in any cafeteria in the country. The corrupted government had taken over the lunches in our schools. This evil had taken away our good lunches, leaving us with the barest amounts of food for us to survive. The answer to the problem was not less food, but more healthy food! But they did not see this. We are currently living in this darkness, my friends. BUT, not all hope is lost. Maybe soon, the governors will come to their senses and will recognize that what they did was more harm than good. But, they cannot do this alone. We will have to work together as one and get our lunches back. This could take time, of course, and we may be out of school by the time of this glorious restoration of our lunches. But, we will work; the idea of our children having a decent lunch at school will motivate us. I bid you stand with me, students of the U.S.A!