by Joel Hood - Chicago Tribune
For two years, Chezare Warren taught math at a middle school on Chicago's Southwest Side, weathering the kinds of situations that keep so many men from pursuing teaching careers at elementary and secondary schools.
There were the usual jokes from friends about his low pay and cushy workday. There were the awkward moments with women who sometimes belittled his profession. There was the occasional whisper or suspicious glance from parents who questioned why a young man would choose to spend so much time with children.
