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Eyes: In Johnson's Great Society, everybody, regardless of race, gender, or social level has an equal opportunity to be successful. Johnson wants to accomplish this by funding cities, rural areas, and education alike.

Kaitlyn: Do you think this goal is idealistic or realistic and to what extent?

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Eyes: LBJ's vision is to create a society that is constantly progressing forward in order to make the lives of American citizens better than they are now.
Patrick: Jillian I agree with your thoughts that it is a society that is constantly focused on improving itself instead of working to make an unrealistic goal like having a society that has no human rights issues.

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Mouth: "For once the battle is lost... it can never be recaptured"

Eyes: His vision is that the US will become a cultural beacon, but if we let the US slide into despair & decay, it will never be recovered.

His weakness is that his image is very idealistic; it will probably never be fully achieved, despite any programs he puts in place.

Rahul: I definitely agree with yours stance on his weakness

Christian: I agree that his image is idealistic. Focusing on all three areas (rural, urban, education) will result in lesser progress and less achievement than just focusing on one or two.

Mikey: I agree that some of his visions are going to be hard to be achieved. It's hard to rely on the "Imagination" of the American people to reach the

Thomas: I agree that within that statements, LBJ was commenting on the current cultural status of the  United States. At the time, he saw the US as a pillar of freedom and art. Citizens could share their thoughts through art as they pleased. However, he also saw how quickly that privilege could be taken away.

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Mouth: "Your imagination and initiative, and your indignation will determine whether we build a society  where progress is the servant of our needs, or a society where old values  and new visions are buried under unbridled growth."
Eyes: He wishes to see an America in the future where everyone prospers, where every citizen has an opportunity, well-educated, healthy, safe, and hard workers.
Achilles Heel: I would say his weakness in his vision of a Great Society is not that the vision is unworthy, but too worthy. Arguably unattainable and unrealistic goals for the amount of individuals and the large nation.

Ajay: I agree with you; this idea is too idealistic to practically follow through on it

Grant: I agree that he wants a country where everyone has an opportunity, but he isn't necessarily trying to hand out success to people. They still have to work for it.

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Mouth: "It (the great society) is  a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us towards a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor."

The great society is not one fixed goal. Its more of a general mindset for the American people to keep pushing for progression and improvement.

Eyes: He wants an America that is not necessarily perfect, but is wholly committed to bettering themselves, to eliminating poverty, racism, and to constant progression.

Heel: too idealistic.

Alyssa: While I absolutely agree with the your mouth and eyes comments, I don't agree as much with your Achilles heel. Yes, it does seem very idealistic, but at the same time, I don't think he believed he could make things absolutely perfect. For example, a teacher of mine said she tells us "absolutely no talking" because she knows that even though we will still end up talking, it'll be way quieter.

Mikey: I agree his visions are to idealistic, especiall because some of the acts put in place like brown vs board of education arent even followed.

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Mouth: "For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward toward the Great Society."

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Kayla: Christian, I agree with this because it really reflects Johnson's desire to have a well rounded society.

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Mouth: Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.
Eyes: He envisions a nation where people are healthy and well educated, and education can adequately provide an escape from poverty.
Heel: The population and cities will expand ensuring that his plans will continue to cost more and more, and as this happens, pollution will become an even larger problem.

Kyle
I agree with this that LBJ envisioned a society where everyone would work together to rid the country of poverty and that it may be a challenge to fund.

Jordan's Comment: I agree that LBJ wants our nation to be educated and views that your economic situation shouldn't stop one from receiving a higher level of education. By receiving a better education they will be able to improve their economic situation, so it comes full circle.

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¨Your imagination and your initiative, and your indignation will determine whether we build a society where progress is a servant for our needs, or a society where old values and new visions are buried under unbridled growth."

He wants America to not only be educated, but to be continuously taking steps forward.

It requires everyone to have the same vision for the nation.

Thomas: I agree with your explanation of the quote because within it LBJ is stating that growth needs to be monitored and moderated. Though rapid progress is necessary, we need to make sure that common values and new visions are not lost under the immense force of change. Your explanation that he wants to be "continuously taking steps forwards" reflects this idea.

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"Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed"

With the Great Society, LBJ sees it as a place where everyone in America is constantly working and looking on ways to improve society for not only themselves but for future generations too.

I think a major challenge he would face would be inspiring the country to want to continuously seek out ways to improve upon and to find funds for these support systems.

Ajay: This aligns with what I said in my
Claire; I would agree that finding funds would be a major challenge but that may be part of his view, is to take on that challenge as a country and work together to fund each other.

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Mouth: "The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all"

Eyes: His vision is for the American people to have everything that they need in order to be successful.

Achilles Heel: His challenge is that it will take a lot of support from the people and funding from the government for his plans to be effective

Stephan: Similar to what I said, he wants a successful America where the people have what they desire. Also your heel is similar to mine in which this goal is difficult to acquire.

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"The Great society rests on abundance and liberty for all." This quote shows LBJ's vision becuase it shows how he views a great society in his mind. When talking about a Great society he means a society that has freedom but is still continuing to improve itself, because it's never perfect. One weakness that his plan could have is the many racial tensions that still exist at this time that would get in the way of everyone having complete freedom.
Eyes: By a Great Society it seems that he means that it is a society that is constantly improving itself in order to protect the rights of citizens in the United States.
Achilles Heel: One problem that could impact this is racism in the United States, because of the fact that racism is a mindset that is harder to change than

Kayla: Patrick, I agree with your description of Johnson's vision because it really captures his definition of liberty and how it was hindered by the racial tensions of the era.

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Mouth: "the Great society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work.  It is a challenge constantly renewed"

Visions: His vision is to create world where America reflects the ideals it preaches.

Achilles Heel: A challenge he would face is the public thinking that he isn't focusing on the right things as the civil rights movement and other movements amongst students & such at the time thought other basic rights should take prevalence over making a "Great Society".

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Kelsie Hoekstra: As far as your explanations of his weaknesses, the argument can be made that by improving education and poverty, LBJ is helping the minority groups who have been discriminated against. Also, the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed under him.

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Mouth: " It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor."

Eyes: When Johnson refers to the great society, he is talking about a hopeful society where the people look towards the future with the growth of parks and environmental aid as well as the improvement of the education system.

Achilles Heel: His weakness in this great society is the funding he will need to make these policies a reality where building these parks and improvement of schools will cost a lot of tax payer dollars.

Christian: I agree that Johnson's eyes (vision) is looking toward the future. He wants to provide education and aid to rural and urban areas

Jordan's Comment: I agree that Johnson will need a lot of funding to enact his wishes. Also many people will be against an increase in taxes as that's the main way LBJ will receive funding for his plans.

Stephan: This is similar to what I said, the great society he envisions is a future where there is improvement in many different systems in the nation. Also,

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Mouth: My favorite quote from the speech was "The Great Society is a place where child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents". This quote reflects his desire to completely rework the national education system in order to provide a better future for the rising generation of young Americans

Eyes: The Great Society is a place full of opportunity. Within the Great Society,  everyone has an equal chance at success, and everyone has access to art, nature, science, and technology.

Achilles Heel: The Achilles Heel of LBJ's vision is that legislation and funding alone can not cause change. The citizens of America must be as enthusiastic as he is in revolutionizing infrastructure and education if his vision is to succeed.

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Mouth: "It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us towards a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.

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Mouth:"We will begin to build our great society: in our cities, in our countryside, and in our classroom."
Eyes: His vision for America in the future, continue to challenge the nation to keep getting better.
Achilles Heel: Getting backing for the public

Kelsie: His vision more specifically was to help people in poverty and improve the nation's education. He also wanted to improve the nation environmentally.

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Mouth: ¨The great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time.
Eyes: LBJ, when he means great society, he means essentially of a utopia, where there is complete racial equality, education and opportunities for all social classes, and an effort from everyone to love one another.
Achilles Heel: It might be hard to universally get everyone to agree to this. Republicans in favor of laissez-faire wouldn´t be super supportive of giving everyone a chance - and an increase in education + other infrastructure reforms would lead to more taxes and not everyone enjoys that.

Kaitlyn: Why do you think
LBJ made these lofty promises if he knew he would face fierce opposition from Republicans?

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Mouth; "The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all."
Eyes; He wants the people to work together in order for everyone to be on a level playing field.
Achilles Heel;  I think the issue is that it is hard for everyone to get on board in order to accomplish all of these reforms.

Comment (Nathalie): Claire, I've seen this idea for the heel many other times and I agree that the most difficult part would be gaining enough public support.

Mikey:

Alyssa: I understand/agree with your eyes comment; however, I think he's aware that it's almost impossible to achieve a level playing field for all. I'd argue it wasn't so much about about achieving complete equality for all aspects of life, but more about just making progress and changes in order to benefit all people in general.

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Mouth: ¨The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all¨
Eyes: His vision is that he wants America to come together  economically and socially. He also wants a more unified nation.
Achilles Heel: Problems he will face is the racism, hatred, and greed still present in America that would be against helping minorities and the poor.

Rahul: I agree with how you are saying that we wants america to be more unified especially with the reforms he is trying to make with the education system he is trying to unify america by pushing ideas to the future generations.

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Mouth: "It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us towards a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor."
Eyes: LBJ  sees his great society as a place where we are constantly working to better ourselves for future generations.
Achilles Heel: The biggest challenge LBJ  is going to face is the inability of the government to change the minds of society in a snap. The government can pass as many laws as they want but if the American public isn't convinced that the Great Society is a feasible goal, his vision will fail.

Everett: You´re achilles heel is definitely accurate. Without the majority of the population agreeing to this idealistic goal, the plan would never succeed.

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"a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor"

His great society is a place where we are constantly challenging ourselves and striving to better the nation.

A weakness in LBJ's plans would be public support and having the funding to achieve all of his goals

Comment (Adelle): I agree with your analysis of his vision as he clearly is focused on making America the best it can be while adapting to the changing demands of the public

Comment (Nathalie): Gabbie, I agree with your points about the "heel," it would be difficult to gain enough public support as well as enough funding, which also requires public support.

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Mouth: "Our society will not be great until every young mind is set free to scan the farthest reaches of thought and imagination".
Eyes: His vision is to see a nation utilizing all that is given to them. It's a hope to see opportunities taken advantage of, to see new ideas, creations, innovations, etc.
Achilles Heel: It's a lot at once, and it's not nearly as easy of a goal to achieve than he makes it out to be. The people need to be in agreement with this idea of a Great Society, or else no changes will occur.
Jillian: Alyssa, your summary of LBJ's "eyes" was very similar to mine and I agree with what you are saying because I think his entire speech was centered around improving the lives of people.

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Mouth:"The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all." This quote best reflects Johnson's vision. Eyes: The great society is a society where everyone's freedoms and liberties are granted, and there is no struggle. Johnson uses the term great society in a way to show American's what we can become. Achilles Heel:His Weakness is that his goals may be unrealistic. It relies on the "imagination" of the Americans to become as good s possible, and some of his hopes are really hard to achieve.

Mikey: Really strong piece of writing right there. You are the smartest one in this class.

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Mouth: "Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty."
Eyes: His vision is that the nation will all be well-educated and be a healthy place to live. He wants people to no longer be in poverty and national parks to be safe.
Heel: The problem with this plan is that cities will expand and there will be more demand for resources and goods. This will only make pollution and destruction of nature get worse.

Everett: I definitely agree with the eye portion. It seems as though LBJ stressed that he wants the US to be rid of poverty and to bring up education from the document we read.