South Side teen Robert Whitmore IV decided to drop out of school a few years ago. Today, Whitmore is a high school senior who spends his afternoons analyzing account balances and assembling tax returns in a 20th-floor downtown office with an enviable view. Whitmore, 18, is an accounting intern at commercial real estate firm Equity Office. He landed the internship through the Chicago chapter of Genesys Works, a national nonprofit. Genesys Works interns split their time between morning classes and afternoon internships. “You’re going to a paid internship, downtown with a Fortune 500 company,” said Whitmore, a student at Perspectives Leadership Academy. “It’s...
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