( I wrote down some of dads experiences as a p.o.w. ) There are all of those which are always bizarre. He provides fascinating lectures, fosters group discussions, and best of all, gives the basis for thought expansion, prompting us all to question why and how we believe what we do. Okay, so while this is going on, the guys who are driving these tractors have to get in through the top and close these things on the bottom and back away because if these are being blown up it means the ones next to it will be blown up. So the Chieu Hoi program right… they would come to our side and they would end up in different battalions as guys who would go out on patrols with us. And I remember, there were three of them and they were stopped. Your cousin, Gail. It’s odd moments like that that come to mind. I guess that’s the beauty and the curse of having a really great professor who changes the way you understand language, literature, politics. Prerequisite: Acceptance of manuscript by instructor. Seminar. Open only to Creative Writing PhD degree candidates. So we had an odd and distant relationship to a lot of the Vietnamese. It wasn’t as if I was dreaming to go back to Vietnam. Since they are not clearly teaching about it in Korea, I never knew it well. He's got opinions, for sure, but if you aren't easily offended, you can catch onto what perspective he wants you to approach the texts from. And you could get the sense that he didn’t really want to be in this thing. Berg is by far the best professor I've had at USC. I grew up with these stories and witnessed the effects. Professor Berg has a great amount of knowledge and insight that he contributes to each class and he is always willing to meet with students for office hours. Professor Berg: Wait, are you asking me “is the war the greatest influence on me” or “is that the greatest influence in terms of the war?”. However, you never say and insist before those things are proved by historians. This guy is the biggest character ever, so awesome. Graded CR/NC. I wasn’t very serious about it. Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. You will learn a lot and of course he helps develop the historical context because the text he chooses cannot be read with 21st century bias. Part-time or full-time practical work experience in the student's field of study. So it wasn’t to be disrespectful. The biggest thing was the battalion base camp, which was about 6 to 800 people, it go overrun. I remember about dreaming about the war when I got back and for a long period of time I used to have a nightmare that was… I had been called… even though long after the war was over… there was a civilian and I had been called up to go back to the war and it was just awful. Professor Berg was my first english professor at USC, and my favorite teacher period. Intended for teaching assistants in English. Professor Berg: No actually, the ones that I remember were about coming back. And exactly the same time, it traumatized me and it left me with all sorts of things which were not as bad as some other guys, but you end up with a kind of post traumatic stress syndrome. Professor Berg is a wealth of knowledge. And they would invite the Vietcong to come to our side. Dad passed away January 9,2011—just a few days from turning 91. And I was drafted because of all that goes around in the 60s because of the draft and between who was drafted and all that stuff. He kind of laughed and said he got drafted to and I said, “How long”, and he said “nine years”. He provides fascinating lectures, fosters group discussions, and best of all, gives the basis for thought expansion, prompting us all to question why and how we believe what we do. Faculty will contact students to provide information to login to classes. And what they’re doing is they’re running by these tractors and they’re throwing these satchel charges into it because the gasoline is on the floor. And I remember one night we were on an ambush and it was late and I was there a long time. And I remember we used to hang around and talk to him, he’s this schoolteacher, he was older. I remember this too, there were Vietnamese working on the base and Chieu Hoi, you know Chieu Hoi? So yeah, I remember getting those surfboards. When the Amtracks are parked, they’re parked next to each other in the front’s down right? So if you’re new to this it’s all rubbed raw or there’s something… so you’d kind of reach in here—which is rude—you reach into the women’s thing because they were carrying these thing since they were little. Have you seen it? Us: So, is that the greatest influence about the war? And we used to have movies there right? Or there was a man that was acting as a translator for the battalion. I brought together a group of people to talk about it which ultimately got turned into an addition of an academic journal and turned into a book. However, what I have heard of the issue about the South Korean troops was more than a rape; there were more terrible stories about it. He changed my life forever. Opinions are dividen on Berg, but no one can dispute the fact that he knows the information better than anyone. All you learn is his biased view of history and nothing substantial - he basically just yells the entire time. And that stop, we would stop all the Vietnamese going this say and all going out. I actually don’t remember dreaming about the war while I was at the war. Bad!!! And when I went to Vietnam, I guess I became more serious about it because at some level I wanted to know, almost naively, why I was being shot at. Study of forms of nonfiction writing, focusing on craft and process: how it works and how to read, write and write about it. In dad’s later years his stories of experiences in WWII coming more frequently…as if they too happened “yesterday”. And I still remember dreams that I had there. His office hours are somewhat helpful but usually goes off on tangents that aren't relevant to your questions. He is also not inclusive of women and POC in class and made me hated myself until I changed majors in thrived in that major. We had been fight for… that night we had been fighting for at least eight hours and we had been at other things for two days so we were all sitting and it looked like a bad WWII movie because we were up against something we had helmets. Intensive reading of major writers to 1800. So there was always this thing that marines, or at least enlisted marines that were of my rank were always at a distance. And you can hear him chewing this gum. And we had it in the back at one of the three-quarter PCs which I used to drive. Studies in meaning and meaning-making, form, comparative theory, theories of history and culture, theory in the classroom, and other topics. Take it. And so what they had done is that they had overrun us to blow up the Amtracks because the Amtracks cost us 150,000 dollars. Maybe a half dozen times. I've had Berg twice now. For waking up his students minds, they denied him tenure in his last year. And this has stayed in my head than more years than I can remember. So we had been doing this for like days. And gave one of the Chieu Hoi some gum. And coming in next morning, just annoying, these things after a while were just annoying. It’s, it’s… and that’s why the war… you know I’ve always, always… it is necessary and right to say Vietnam is a country… because we got all that bullshit with… we now have the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. I hated his class. Professor Berg: Wait, is that two questions? And you know, it’s just a waste of time se we’d just sit down. You will regret not taking this class. We put together a conference in 1980 that brought together… it was one of the first conference actually on the war in Vietnam. But, I think one historical event should be proved and before being proved, it is not right say to insist that historical story. And as I leap into the hole and stick my head up, I see this explosion and I see this kind of arc in the sky. Berg is extremely sarcastic and opinionated in his lectures, and typically lectures beyond the time limit for class...I wouldn't recommend him unless you share his fervent passion for English lit. “How come I was serving? So when you used to go to Vietnam… in Vietnam everyone used to hitch rides… hitch-hike on the road or you flew in helicopters. Because this is the kind of strange world we lived in. I teach English literature and American literature at USC. So I didn’t talk much about it I don’t think. Yeah, so, I don’t know… I hate to say that went to college because I was in a warzone – that’s not the point – but what it did was, actually I remember the afternoon when I was shot at, but it actually made me more serious about the kinds of things that I didn’t know and I wanted to know. So obviously this fort that had these memories… and that was there so that… I also remember the same… I remember this very well… at the same post. Required fields are marked *. Berg loves to hear himself speak, and even worse, thinks only his ideas are correct. From what I’ve heard it’s not a resort area. Professor Berg: Ok, got you. I never exaggerate. Graded CR/NC. His unique, cynical, realistic view of life is worth the whole class but when he uses literature, history, and culture to back it up it will blow your mind. So, yeah, I have been dealing with this stuff for a while. Introduction to the techniques and practice of lyric essay, memoir, personal narrative, and scientific, medical, nature, culinary and travel writing. And what what kind of specific…, Professor Berg: And uh, I remember dreams that I had then. Credit upon acceptance of Dissertation. Us: Could you first introduce yourself a little bit? And there was this scream and it was as if this arc… it was as if this flame was screaming and this bonfire was screaming. And I leap into this hole that is I don’t know… to many people are in this hole. A structured environment in which to craft a research project, write a dissertation prospectus, and define areas of professional expertise. Us: So how come you weren’t serving in the army then, but becoming a teacher – teaching literature? He's one of those professors who will change the way you think and his GE 5 was quite possibly the best class I've had at SC. Honestly, he is incoherent and incapable of making his lectures accessible. Selected studies in the non-dramatic literature of Renaissance England, with emphasis on Sidney, Spencer, and Shakespeare. “You want some?” “Yeah.” And he’s over in a hole over there and we’re all quiet. Wrong neighborhood… and when I got into the military, I said, “well, there are other thing I could do with my life and maybe I could go to school when I get out”. We didn’t want to do this crap. Development of the poetry, essay, short story and novel of the Chicano and Latino peoples of the United States, with particular emphasis on the differentiating characteristics between the multiple cultures that constitute the Latino populations. Bookpacking in Los Angeles: An Immersive Journey through the Culture and Literature of L.A. Close study of Shakespeare's plays and poems to introduce his language, stagecraft, literary "genius," social and literary contexts, precursors and rivals, and legacy. Students are individually supervised by faculty. Historical survey of the traditions of lyric poetry from Shakespeare to the contemporary, examining the genre's multiple forms of literary, visual, and aural expression. So we come in and I walk past a guy who’s coming in and I said, “so you assholes we’re watching a comedy last night” and he said, “oh yes, the funniest thing that I ever saw in my life” and I said “what was it”, “oh it was John Wayne’s stupid movie called the ‘Green Berets’, it was absolutely hysterical, it’s just hysterical”. And we know we’re not in a dangerous area but we’re not safe either. And you’ve ever seen a Vietnamobile they’re supposed to have troops on the inside. Introduction to major forms, styles and theories of narrative, with attention to characterization, plot, genres, ethics, empathy, perspective, audience and social conditions. 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