Mike Duke

When all the smart people die off, all that is left is the dumb. Idiocracy came out in 2006 and is a mediocre satire. After 500 years, Joe Bower, an average guy played by Luke Wilson, wakes up from a government hibernation experiment to a dimwitted society where he is the smartest person alive. Although the acting in Idiocracy is phenomenal, the portrayal of society in the future is annoyingly exaggerated and the narrator’s voice over is unnecessary but understandable. Starts off with Joe…

Introduction Old men have old hearts. Some beat bitterly as they dwell on glory lost, while others maintain contentment by allowing their blessings to mute the pain of grief. While the former tend to spend their final years lost in resentment, the latter are able to experience their decline into infirmity with pleasant nostalgia. Thesis statement: In the short story, “3 AM and the Stars Were Out”, the author, Ron Rash, introduces the reader to Carson, an aging, retired veterinarian who…

Goal 1: Incorporate a diversity of students and incorporate students into a diverse culture • Include diverse content. In planning my class and creating the curriculum, I will purposefully pursue resources that come from other countries and cultures, and are not just out of a commonly used textbook. Many of my sources will be primary sources that proclaim the voice of minorities. Even using one such source throughout the year and studying it thoroughly can help my students to recognize that…

The Film, Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age is written and directed by Dennis OʻRourke. The film was released in 1986 and won the Peace Film Award in Berlin later that year. The film gives a well-balanced insight on the impacts on the indigenous communities from the Castle Bravo nuclear testing of 1954, in the Marshal Islands. The film shows multiple perspectives of the event from personal accounts of the indigenous people, to military personal, and even US political leaders. Declassified…

Judgement Immigration in the United States Over the history of time human beings have had different opinions on where they would like to live. Some may stay in one place while others choose to leave and live somewhere else. For the ones that move it could be an hour away to the next city of a different country altogether, but it isn’t always out of choice, war or other events can force people to move too. Those people who move between countries are called immigrants. Lately there has…

Mike Tyson is well known throughout the United States as a professional boxer and according to the large majority’s opinion, an excellent boxer at that. However, in one iconic fight of his career, Tyson performed an action that was scrutinized and perceived as unacceptable by the public. Thus, Tyson came forward and spoke in a situation that could be interpreted as apologia rhetoric. Apologia is any form of rhetoric in which the rhetor attempts to repair their image. Although apologia sounds…

The primary ethical issue that was addressed is whether it was appropriate for the Chicago Tribune to name the suspects of the schoolyard shooting, seeing as they were too young to be tried as adults. The article justifies the tribune actions by using the excuse that there is an exception to rules such as this one. Many people questioned if the choice to release names was ethical. There are theories that could back up the Tribune’s choice below. The first ethical theory that the tribune could…

important to me.” Stated in his biography he is the best. Former boxer Manny Pacquiao said “Only in death will relinquish my belts.” The industry after mike Tyson went to a less weight division. Those superstars now are nowhere near heavyweight. Boxing now is more about the fame and money, not the love for the sport, and that’s what Mike Tyson showed. Mike Tyson said “he’s very delusional” referring to Mayweather because Mayweather claimed to be better than Muhammad Ali. A lot of old former…

aired on 23rd of April 2001 on the Australian network, network ten. The show was cancelled seven years later due to an alleged sexual assault. The show then returned on the 13th of August 2012 on network nine hosted by Sonia Kruger and narrated by Mike Goldman. In 2013 Big Brother there was a twist at the very beginning of the show. The house was divided in to two areas. On launch night the housemates were told to pick a key that opened one of two doors. One door opened to the safe house which…

"Roy Cooper, The One" Roy Cooper is fighting to become the new Governor of North Carolina, and he's well qualified for the role. Cooper has been North Carolina's Attorney General, since 2001. In this role Roy Cooper has facilitated the process of bringing justice to North Carolinians. Before being elected as North Carolina's General Attorney, Roy Cooper was one of North Carolina's voices in the Senate. Prior to being the General Attorney and a Senator, Roy Cooper served in the House of…