Perfection is impossible to achieve. Throughout history, many people tried to create a perfect society. Though it has never worked, people are still trying to get as close to utopia as possible. America is a country that has gone through various improvements by all sorts of leaders. They all had a plan to improve the society. President Lyndon Johnson was one of these leaders. In his 1964 "Great Society" speech, Lyndon B. Johnson proposes his plan for a successful and great America.
President Johnson addresses a variety of issues and ways to solve them in his speech. Two issues Johnson addresses in particular are poverty and education. He believed these issues were intertwined. Because of poverty, children were not attending school to get the education they needed. Poverty should not stop someone from learning. He declared a “war on poverty”. If a child was able to get a good education, he would be able to escape poverty. Another problem with education according to Johnson was qualified but underpaid teachers and overpaid but unqualified teachers. He believed to fix this, there needs to be more teachers who were trained. He wanted there to be an educational system which trained teachers, explored new …show more content…
It was not just oral. Johnson planned to have many laws passed to achieve a great society. According to the Washington Post article “Evaluating the Success of the Great Society”, Johnson’s war against poverty reduced the amount of families who are below the poverty line. The Voting Right Act prevented deliberate attempts to stop people from voting based on race, religion, or gender. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination illegal. Johnson's Head Start program allows underprivileged children to start school. His Social Security Acts which includes Medicare helps elders with the cost of health (Evaluating the Success of the Great Society). So even after fifty years, some of Johnson's plan is still
President Johnson addresses a variety of issues and ways to solve them in his speech. Two issues Johnson addresses in particular are poverty and education. He believed these issues were intertwined. Because of poverty, children were not attending school to get the education they needed. Poverty should not stop someone from learning. He declared a “war on poverty”. If a child was able to get a good education, he would be able to escape poverty. Another problem with education according to Johnson was qualified but underpaid teachers and overpaid but unqualified teachers. He believed to fix this, there needs to be more teachers who were trained. He wanted there to be an educational system which trained teachers, explored new …show more content…
It was not just oral. Johnson planned to have many laws passed to achieve a great society. According to the Washington Post article “Evaluating the Success of the Great Society”, Johnson’s war against poverty reduced the amount of families who are below the poverty line. The Voting Right Act prevented deliberate attempts to stop people from voting based on race, religion, or gender. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination illegal. Johnson's Head Start program allows underprivileged children to start school. His Social Security Acts which includes Medicare helps elders with the cost of health (Evaluating the Success of the Great Society). So even after fifty years, some of Johnson's plan is still