Teacher takes advantage of initiative to earn degree from Chicago

CHICAGO – A computer networking specialist in his former life, John Silva traded corporate America for a career in the classroom.

The former Marine went back to school and earned a teaching degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago and now teaches high school history at Chicago's Farragut Career Academy.

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