It’s not easy being black, you don’t get paid enough, you don’t get treated right, and life basically, is just horrible. President Johnson has come up with this new thing, he calls the Great society. It meant to benefit blacks and other minorities, also it provides economic help for the poor and disadvantaged of all races. The Great society is supposed to fight the “War on Poverty.” I’ve noticed government agencies starting to show up, they train the unemployed, I know this because I’m one of them. I haven’t had a real job all my life, just a few things here and there to make a few dollars to put food on the table. Thats not all this thing is doing either, thanks to President Johnson, colleges are getting funded, grade school’s as well, so that means I can finally get myself an education and maybe get a good, and stable job. Mr. President also started the head start program, as a part of the Great Society, which supports out younger generation of poor class citizens. I’m very thankful for all the President has done, and I hope that the progress he is making only continues.
Diary 2
The Head Start program from Johnsons
Great Society has helped me so much. I could have never imagined being 21 and
having a four year old son and him being able to go to school. This program has
given my self esteem back. They make sure my son is health, motivated, socially
competent and also that he lives in a happy functional family. It is hard to
not have a job and live so poorly. I hope that this program will give my son
the self motivation and esteem to grow up and be happy and live well. It hurts
me that my son has to live like this with not a lot of money and all the
poverty. Head Start has actually given me hope for my son. This is a wonderful
social welfare program. I’m thankful to be able to be a disadvantaged family
and send my son to school and give him a chance to start school on an even
basis with other kids. It has been so hard these past few years trying to
support for him and me and make sure I’m trying to raise him the best I can in
these terrible social problems. I want nothing more than to have my son have
the best life he could have. I never thought I would be able to send him to
school. Now that he is able to go to school I really want to find a job and be
the best role model for my son that I can be. If I can get a job then I can
work during the day while he is gone and not have to worry about him being all
alone. I can finally get some money to support our family well. This program
has helped me and my son so much. It has opened up new windows I never imagined
could actually happen.
Diary 3
It's been tough. Being colored does not have any benefits right now. Mr. President has created a new plan, The Great Society. What the purpose of it is, is to help other races besides just whites. It is supposed to help provide economically for us. Mr. President's "great" new plan, as it's known, is supposed to help poverty as well. I don't think it's going to work very well. I might be having a sore, negative outlook on this, but nothing's really going as well as I'd like it to. These people in suits have begun to train unemployed people. It's pretty clear that I'm out of work currently and am hoping one of these men in suits comes and trains me. It might give me a little hope. I guess on the upside, Mr. President has been funding schools, which hopefully means my children will have the best possible education they can have. I guess there's some good that can come out of all this. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
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