The instructor of Oscar’s high school ROTC group. Goins teaches Oscar leadership, dedication, and also that the Declaration of Independence gives rights to all people, not just American citizens. Goins is impressed with Oscar, promotes him to cadet major, and awards him the Officer of the Year trophy. Oscar looks up to Goins and hopes to enlist after high school, until he realizes that he is unable to because of his immigration status.
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In his nineteen years as an ROTC commander, Goins had never met a finer student than Oscar. He embodied everything the military was looking for: leadership, intelligence, dependability, integrity, tact, selflessness, and perseverance. […] “Oscar had it all,” Goins remembers. “His only drawback was that he wasn't a U.S. citizen.”
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Major Glenn Goins Quotes in Spare Parts
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In his nineteen years as an ROTC commander, Goins had never met a finer student than Oscar. He embodied everything the military was looking for: leadership, intelligence, dependability, integrity, tact, selflessness, and perseverance. […] “Oscar had it all,” Goins remembers. “His only drawback was that he wasn't a U.S. citizen.”
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