文档介绍：英语演讲稿范文:TheGreatSociety
for once the battle is lost, once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured。 and once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted。
。 there your children's lives will be shaped。 our society will not be great until every young mind is set free to scan the farthest reaches of thought and imagination。 we are still far from that goal。 today, 8 million adult americans, more than the entire population of , have not finished 5 years of school。 nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school。 nearly 54 million -- more than one quarter of all have not even finished high school。
each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it。 and if we cannot educate today's youth, what will we do in 1970 when elementary school enrollment will be 5 million greater than 1960? and high school enrollment will rise by 5 million。 and college enrollment will increase by more than 3 million。
but more classrooms and more teachers are not enough。 we must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size。 this means better training for our teachers。 it means preparing youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well as their hours of labor。 it means exploring new techniques of teaching, to find new way