Thomas Ross:  

Life Hey, fellow Warhawks. Hope this finds all of you well. Biggest change for me since the 20-year is my career. I left the newspaper biz in 2000 after being recruited by Merrill Lynch to become a part of its internal communications team on Wall Street. I was still happy in the newsroom and wasn't looking to leave, but I couldn't refuse the money these mooks were throwing my way. And turns out that I loved the job, loved working in lower Manhattan, loved the schedule, etc. But then the internet and telecom bubbles burst and I got caught up in massive layoffs. I was really angry about it, since ML recruited me and I left my newspaper career, but then about a month later 9/11 happened and suddenly I wasn't so angry anymore. I was actually thankful not to have been down there, for obvious reasons. Like the old saying goes, when a door closes, another one opens. My wife reminded me of my dream to teach one day, and suggested I look into the field. Unbelievably, everything came together and now I'm a language arts teacher at Danbury High School, 3,000 kids-strong! Going int...Expand for more