Joseph J. Foss
Joseph J. Foss
Medal of Honor
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Homework Due: 30 Sept
Whole Group Activity:
The teacher will create a chart on the board with three categories: personal, school, and physical. Discuss
how the students’ obstacles fit into these categories. Fill in the chart with a selection of students’ obstacles.
Small Group/Individual Activity:
Students will move into groups of four. Each group will be given a copy of Joseph J. Foss' profile. Students will list
several examples where Joseph Foss faced obstacles, such as age, the enemy, and loss of planes.
Whole Group Activity:
Students will share the information that they gathered from the profile. Students will add more examples to their
lists.
Homework:
Students will write an essay on the following prompt: Use evidence from the profile or examples from your list
to support Foss’ persistence and perseverance. How does this relate/connect to you? Give your own
examples.
(250 words)
13 comments:
Whitt
I believe that Brig. General Joseph Jacob Foss was so persitant because he knew that he was meant to be there at that time fighting for everything he believed in. He was fascinated with the art of flight, he saved all the money he could to get a pilots license. He did what he had to begin and all the way through. After getting a licenses he joined the Marine Core. while in the core he dreamed of being a pilot and saving lives. Although at the age of 26 they considered him to old to be a fighter pilot (pilot in the battle. He knew that he was meant for more so he worked as hard as he could to prove that he was worth sending out there, that the choices that were made were wrong. Once he was finally chosen to go out and be a pilot, he went to show them all something that they had never seen before. He was shot down four times in fives weeks, a scary thing that most of us could never imagine even living through. He was stranded at sea for five hours left with nothing but the gear on his back and his ability to stay afloat. While stranded out in the ocean he was encountered by the one thing that most men fear (next to enemy forces) sharks. Quickly pulling out his shark repellent he hopes to ward away the strange creature with the dorsal fin. Through all this the things that kept him going were the thoughts of his family and that living through it all, fighting as hard as he could fight would prove to his officers that he was a man none of them had first gave him a chance to be. That is why I believe he had such persistence and perseverance. It relates to me in the sense that, my dream ever since I started JROTC was to one, go to leadership school and two join the military. I would put every dime I had into JROTC, this is my life and I would give anything to go to a military school. Although me nor my family has even close to enough money to even near the chance of me going to one. So I set the goal of excellence and going to leadership school. The day I remember setting in the first seat (element one element leader seat) hearing name after name called out. My heart racing, hands shaking, praying to someone or something out there that my name would be next. Nothing. My heart dropped and I could feel it beating in my head. I was call into the office and told that because of health I would not be chosen to go to leadership school. I has been told some hard things in my life,and I have cried before, but it was nothing like this. Standing there biting my gums (cheeks) until they bleed, trying to push the tears away. I sat in the next room hurting worse than I had, well, in all the time I could remember. I got up looked in the mirror and told myself "I will do the best, I will make an impression, and I will make them regret not sending me." not meant in the threatening sense. I walked out of that room eyes bloodshot and heart pounding through my head, finished the practice and left. I stood outside in the pouring rain crying and for days on I cried. It was the biggest thing to me and in my mind I did not achieve a goal. Now, this year my goal is to do the best I can, over the summer I promised myself that some way some how I will make an impact. I will not stop until I achieve that goal. That is my biggest comparison obstacle. Brig. General Joseph Jacob Foss was denied of doing something he obviously had the heart, passion, and commitment for. After working his hardest he proved that he was the one that should have been chosen for active war time fighter pilot, despite his age.
Joseph J. Foss went through lots of things in life. From a young age he wanted to fly but took a while to save his money, and he had to drop out of high school to take care of the farm when his father died. When he finally joined he was 26 and was considered too old to be a flyer. But he later got his chance to fly in battle. He fought repeated battles and even got shot down five times. One time he got shot down during a rain storm and stayed afloat in the ocean for five hours. Even he though he went through a lot he never gave up, I can find this relatable. For example I have a speech problem; sometime kids make fun of me for the way I talk I don’t let that stop me from talking. What I do is I ignore them, so what if I have a speech problem that doesn’t make me any difference from no one else. Who are we to judge someone just because they look, act, or sound.
Or when I get confuse I start to get all frustrated because I didn’t understand the problem. Also I can’t take in too much information to fast at one time because it then start to give me a headache. Plus when I grow up I want to be a game designer or something along those lines, even if some people say I have no imagination. To conclude you can achieve something if you believe in it.
Isaiah Mitchell
I feel that I can relate to this because, Joseph Foss because when he was trying to go into combat they wouldn’t let him because he was too old, but he didn’t give up until they let him fight. How that can relate to is I have asthma and it sometimes hold me back from physical activities, but I always kept trying and never let my asthma hold me back from doing physical activities. Also he had to save up money to get a pilot’s license. It’s kind of like when I fell in love with comics all I wanted to do was save up money to get comics even though that’s not as important as pilot’s license. He was a very determined person who never gave up, and he was very patient to wait until they let him in combat.
Dunn
I only face a few obstacles. I faced deppersion,adveristy,and acceptance.I face deppresion almost everyday.
i have to deal with my family members. But to be more specfic i have deal with my older brother. He put's me down o
n a daily basis. sometimes it is bearable but that dosen't stop it from hurting on the inside. i do my best to mask
the pain by staying quite. But that dosen't always help. But this is tedious. Medal of honor Joe Foss faced depress
ion faced depression at an early age. When he heard that his father had pass. That had to be hard to have his father
died. But more to a specfic topic. He most likely faced deppresion when he was to old to be a avatior pilot. That
had to be hard to be denied your dream. But that didn't stop him from secceding.he became a pilot in the 1940's.
The next obstacle i faced was adveristy. This is aslo thing i face with everyday. i see this body of mine
as inferior. I have limitaions as do everyone. I want to show people my physical proweress. But since i am flawed i
can't show people. i also have bad luck with talking to people. I can'make the conversation intresing if we don't
have anything in common. I try my best to make conversating with me more intresting. But i fail. Foss faced adversity
when he was shot 4 times out of 5 times in a battle. he could have blowen up and died in crash. but he was lucky
enough to get out in time. He probaly had the worst luck when he was sweep out of sea. He was lost at sea at for 6
days. When they him they could have hit him with the boat. But lucky they didn't. when got home he was rewared with
the medal of honor.
The last obstacle i had to face was acceptance. i would like to be accepted by everybody but somthing is
preventing from being part of everyone. I don't what is. But i will try to be acceptted by everyone. It probaly one
of the hardest thing that has to do. The realization of it is to be accepted by everybody else. I live with the fear
of not being accepted by people. But Joe Foss had to face his biggest fear. He had to accepted that fact his boys
were being deplyod to the pacfic. He just got out of the battle and now he is flesh and blood are going into battle.
That had to be one of the hardest things to accept. I don't think i could accept that.
Reginald Mathis
Foss’ persistence and perseverance is memorable. He and I have that in common because if I don’t get what I want I will keep trying until it is so. Even though he faced obstacles like I do they have their difference though. He did not give up when he was too old to join the combat force. Foss kept trying even though they put him into another unit and had a different job. Foss and I have faced challenges that we could not face and we retreated from it. We both face with finical troubles because he wanted to go get pilot license while I want to go to college. His father died at a younger age and he had to take care of the farm. My father was not home when I needed advice or money for school. I’m not as athletic as I could be as was Foss. Also with Foss’ persistence and perseverance reminds me of me because of how I am always all going and do not want to give up after a little obstacle. Everything he did I would do the same because I would be smart about what I get myself into and how I would handle the situations/obstacles that comes my way. I can connect with him because those are the same characteristics I have and show during a challenge or an obstacle. He had to face the same challenge which was facing the Japanese. I too have to face a challenge everyday as in going to school and finishing my work on time.
McGraw
Joe Foss was a kid who always wanted to be something great; he wanted to be something that most people didn’t want to do such as be a pilot. Mr. Foss wanted to succeed in something he enjoyed and loved and had fun doing. In today’s society if people want something and are told that they can’t do it they give up and quit trying but Mr. Foss didn’t he kept on trying he wanted to be a pilot and was determined to be a pilot and wasn’t going to give up. Mr. Foss was the kind of person who didn’t care how big the mountain or how hard the struggle he was going to get to where he wanted to and get there no matter what and in his case he was going to be a fighter pilot and he became one. How might this apply to me? I want to have a career in a major league or be a doctor, but everybody has always told me that I can’t be that or imp not good enough and one day I’m going to show these people who say this stuff that I am going to do it and when I do I’m not going to be the ordinary I’m going to be the best at what I do and I know I can don’t and so did Mr. Foss, if one of these things don’t work I always have the other one to fall back on and that’s why u should always have a backup plan. If you are like Mr. Foss and u have a dream and someone tells you that you’re not capable don’t listen because Mr. Foss was not support to be able to fly because he was too old and he didn’t give up and did what he wanted to do and make it. When u wants something as an adult and you don’t try you will be mad at yourself for not doing what u loved.
Fietz
Foss is a prime example of persistence and perseverance. When he was told he could not be a fighter piolt since he was 27, he still took a job as a piolt instuctor. Most people would have turned that offer down and go home. When Foss was shot down 5 times, he still kept fighting. On one of the times he was shot down, when he was in the middle of the ocean, surronded by a bunch of sharks, he could have call quits and let the sharks eat him, but he did'nt. Instead he released the shark repelant and hoped for the best. My experince with persistence and perseverance is'nt as bold as Fosses, it was when I was in 7th grade. At the middle school I went to, every friday for P.E. we had the chocies betwen running the mile or some arobic exsersise. I usally chose the arobic exsersises because they were easy, and every time I ran the mile i usally ran it in eleven minutes. So my gym teacher saw this and told this was a problem and told me to run it that friday. That night my gym teacher died so in memory of her I ran the mile every firday. I would run until I felt like I was going to puke. That year my mile time went from eleven minutes to six minutes by the end of it. From that experience, I think one of the feelings Foss might have felt was obligation, I think he felt obligated to defend his country and used that to motivate himself to being the best he could be.
Jacori Jack
Joseph Foss is a go getter in my mind. He never let anyone tell him he can’t do anything. He face many problems in his life and manger to gather the strength and will power to overcome them all. When he was young had to save money to get a pilots license. He didn’t get one right away but he didn’t give up either. When he was 26 they said he was too old to be a combat pilot and made him a teacher. In the Japanese war he got shot down and stuck at sea for 5 hours getting pushed away from shore by the tide, then an Indian come and saved him. Later he found out that his 2 sons were going to war in Augustan. In my life I have not faced major problems like Mr. Foss but I have faced some. I have had an age problem that I was too short to ride a ride, to be in the front seat, not being allowed to have something. When I was younger I used to be really short and weak and my favorite sport was football so being short and weak was not where I fit in you could say. So instead of just relaying on strength I learned a lot of fundamentals no how to play and be small and for when I played for that team I won MVP. So I know that life is going to send obstacles at you and there is two things you could, you could just not try at all or you could me like Mr. Foss and I and try and overcome them because life is worth fighting for.
Cadet Poliks
I personally believe that the hardships that Mr. Foss went through in his days of service perfectly describe his earning of the medal of honor. This relates to me in the fact because both me and Foss are incredible persistent and even stubborn. Foss was too old to be a pilot but that never stopped him from joining the Air Force, and I'm persistent whenever I say I'm going to do something. I've never been able to just really let anything go. I'm just really an incredibly stubborn person.
Antonia Robinson
ROTC lll
The reason why I think this relates to me is because I have obstacles I have to face “ALMOST”, every day. Referring back to the profile when it stated that Foss was not able to go in to combat simply because he was too old in age. That comes back to me as where I was told I couldn’t play a certain position in basketball because I was too short, So I could have imagined how he must have felt about that situation, unless he did not really care about going into combat. That’s more like a Physical obstacle there. Also in paragraph 4 it says that he was stuck in the water for five hours being carried out by tides, later being rescued by native missionaries. That alone delayed some time from completing his mission. That also falls under physical obstacles. I remember a time where I got lost in the woods because my uncle told me to follow him and he was going too fast for me so I ended up losing him and got lost. After five minutes of calling for help. My grandma finally came to rescue. I getting lost in the woods stopped me from getting to a safer place to roam. Also another obstacle was the Japanese with their superior force bombers and fighters Hindering Foss and his Squadron form having a victorious battle. So they took out a total of 280 enemy planes and he himself had twenty six confirmed fills before Foss was then ordered back to the United States. You see Foss had lots of obstacles in that time. He managed to get through them all coming out with a medal of honor given to him by our very own President Roosevelt. As I explained in my essay I had a couple of obstacles of my own and came out of some of them victorious I the end. But as I conclude I would like to say you can overcome your obstacles if you try hard and do you’re very best to achieve them.
B.Malonson
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Joseph J Foss faced multiple obstacles when he was younger. I cant say I faced difficult ones like him but I still faced some. But there was two that caught my eye. One was his aged stopped him fro doing doing what he wanted to do. He didn’t cry about it he just found a way to do something else that he like to do. I can relate to that because when I was in ballet all my friends were moving up to the toe shoes and i had to stay one the flat ones because I was to young. I had all the skills and everything to be on toe shoes but I was just too young. But the difference is he was to old he could never do it but I was to young I would be able to do it in a couple years but i didn’t want to wait so i stopped for a while. The second one that caught was his sons going to Afghanistan. I know it was harder for him because both his sons were gone and he wasn’t even able to say bye to them. What if something happen to his son or sons he wouldn’t have that last hug and cheek kiss goodbye or the last I love you. My dad is gone and its really hard for me. I can barley tell him bye because i get to sad. But i will be happy because I know he loves me if something happens because I was able to hear that one last I love you before he left. I know its hard on him I can be in one of his shoes but not both because BOTH of his SONS are overseas. Its hard on me but worse on him.
Muldrow
Joseph Foss was a great man and a great Medal of Honor recipient. I say this because you truly see a person for who they are when you hear that they do all they can for something they are passionate about. Foss was very passionate about being a pilot ever since he was little and he let this passion be a burning drive for him not stopping achieving becoming a pilot even when he was told he couldn’t. When Foss was 26 he wanted to become a pilot but he was too old to be one. Upon hearing this they put him in many different places ad every time they put him somewhere new he still tried his hardest to become a pilot. This kid of relates to me because right now there are things I want to buy on my own but, unfortunately cannot because I’m not old enough to have a job. Since I don’t have a job I must wait until I’m 16 to get one without having to get a workers permit. These two subjects aren’t completely the same but our age problems have things in common. Another obstacle Foss had to face was when he was shot down and stuck in the water for 5 hours until an Indian came and saved him. This sort of relates to me because when I was 13 I went to New Jersey for the summer to be with my dad’s side of the family. My brother, cousin, and I walked to McDonalds to get something to eat when they started chasing each other back to the house leaving me behind. I was lost but eventually found my way back on my own. These two things relate because we were both lost but still found our way back somehow.
Worthington,
Joseph J. Foss had faced quite a few obsticles in his life. Being to old to persue his dreams to fly a plane. being shot down four times, watching his two boys deploy and being sent away. Well As he does I have obsticles... I leave the spelling errors in the page only because that is an obstacle tat I face everyday. I have a terrible time spelling. Everyone makes fun of my spelling, and yeah I laugh along because is, "funny" but its not. I also have an age issue, I am one of the youngest in my class. I am 15 years old and my birthday is Oct. 7, 1997. I started school early so, it effects me as I cant drive the same time as all my friends, and all of my friends call me a baby. I don't like to stand out, but I do. ADD also effects me in a day to day basis, because I have short term memory and my parents have to put out a list for me to remember what my tasks are. I also like to fit in, I like to try to fit into the crowd, I hate to stand out, and if I stand out in the group then that's when I become shy, and so unconfident about myself. I can hide most of thee things so well, but that doesn't change the fact that they are an everyday obstacle. And as Foss have the Age, and to old for his piolet lisences, then he was stranded in the ocean because the current took him a mile out. Just these obsticals in its self are tough, but he proved himself to be a great leader, and pulled himself though to the end, nd that is how he became a Metal of Honor.
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