Bill Nye, a staple of American popular culture in the 1990’s and better known as ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’. Has become a respectable face of science education. He once, filled middle school science classes with videos of his wacky behavior and was the host of his own captivating yet academic television show. Disney’s Bill Nye the Science Guy.
In 2015, Bill Nye was the commencement speaker at Rutgers University, class of 2015’s graduation ceremony. The icon the graduates grew up learning from was about to teach yet, another lesson. A lesson coming at a time when critical decisions are made by the graduates. Bill is aware of the importance of this vital moment in the lives of these graduates and he uses this opportunity as a platform to speak…show more content… Bill is conscious of what he is doing as he acknowledges it in the speech but wants to stress how each person is capable of positive change. In the following passage Bill expresses, how large our population is and how regardless who you are, we all do the same damage to the world; “We have almost 7.3 billion people breathing and burning an atmosphere, which is, in the planetary scheme of things, quite shallow. We all share the same air.” Moreover, before he said this he mentioned how the population reached three billion people in 1965, (the tipping point) and by doing so demonstrates the rapid growth of human kind; the human population has more than doubled in fifty…show more content… He compares our generation to the one that fought in World War II. By doing so Bill is demonstrating the greatness humans are capable of, the generation of World War II are products of The Great Depression who rescued the country from an economic downfall. These are the people who fought in the largest war in history and triumphed over evil, as they are often referred to as ‘The Greatest Generation’. This stylistic choice of comparing is quite an exploit as the millennials have not yet had the opportunity to accomplish such copious feats but that does not stop Bill. Bill wants the millennial generation’s “war” to be successful climate change, again, he inspires those listening by raising the bar of expectation and comparing then to the greats the “heroes” of our time, there
