Robert Meyer:  

Life My daughter Althea is the center of my life followed closely by my work as a high school teacher in an alternative school for inner city drop outs. It took me two career shifts to finally end up a teacher. I started in retail management and found it unfulfilling. Then I did a lengthy stint in the advertising, which actually used the same skills I used as a teacher, but I didn't feel like I was making much of a difference in the world. I love Chicago and don't know of many places that would even tempt me as an alternative place to call home. School High school was a pretty hazy time for me. I know I was involved in lots of activities and a couple of sports and hung around with two completely separate groups of people, but the details are getting fuzzy over time. I have contact with virtually none of the people who were my best friends in school, which is a shame, but that is life. Shlobaum and Hardy were probably the most influential teachers for me from those days, and they are probably responsible for me being a teacher...Expand for more