A Boy Alone in the USA Story
Rod Berg Schonenberg Memoirs (The Hunter of Illusions)
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He was brought to the USA when he was two months old and very sick to John Hopkins Hospital, MD doctors saved his life, he went to school at Mount Washington Seminary, Baltimore, MD when he was twelve years old went to Augusta Military Academy, Ft Defiance, VA. As a teenager he was taken to Europe and registered in several private schools in France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. He becomes a Languages Professor, many years later and before WWII he returns with his father to El Salvador, Central America.
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BROUGHT TO THE USA WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD AND VERY SICK TO JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, MD THEY SAVED HIS LIFE, WENT TO SCHOOL AT MOUNT WASHINGTON SEMINARY, BALTIMORE, MD WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD WENT TO AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY IN FT DEFIANCE, VA; AS A TEENAGER HE WAS TAKEN TO EUROPE AND PLACED IN SEVERAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND, HE BECOME A LANGUAGES PROFESSOR, BEFORE WWII HE RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA WITH HIS FATHER.
HE ENJOYED SPORTS: TENNIS HE COMPETED AND WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN EL SALVADOR, AS WELL AS A TEACHER IN LANGUAGES, HE ALSO LOVED SKIING, SWIMMING AND SOCCER. HE WROTE AND COMPOSED HUNDRED AND HUNDRED OF POEMS IN FIVE (5) LANGUAGES.
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He was born in El Salvador, when he was two months old and very ill, he was taken to a hospital in Md., the Doctors saved his life, he went to School in Md., years later to Augusta Military Academy in Fort Defiance, Va, as a teenager he was sent to several private School in Europe where he learned and mastered five Languages and he understood fourteen Languages more, as a young man and because World War II he returned, with his father, to El Salvador and become a teacher and taught English and French in High Schools. Also he Tutored Languages to others.
He loved to teach and enjoyed that his students were always interested in his classes and he was proud of them and he reflects this emotion on this -part- of his Poem “Thoughts”
“No one has ever praised me,
but about that I don’t care,
’cause it suffices me to know,
that I can teach well anywhere.
’Cause I’m the master of five Languages,
and understand fourteen more,
and when I’m out of work,
against mankind I’m not sore”.
His favorite passtime was to read, write and compose Poems and Poems Stories in five Languages and these reflect his inspiration taking from his experiences, sorroundings and life itself with People, Animals and Nature. He loved People and he was open to converse and help, he always extended his open hand as a friendly gesture to anyone. He wrote all these BOOKS that are published posthumously and they reflect all emotions that are within all of us.
On his later years he moved to United States to live with his numerous family, years after he died in the State of Florida.