For young teachers intent on doing an entire career in the OUSD, please ignore the wise old adage that, “Those (institutions) who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it.” By careers end you may well be suffering from a chronic sense of negative dejavu, just don’t ask yourself or others “why” and you’ll have made it over the finish line none the wiser and a lot happier. Heck, you might even end up staying on as a substitute teacher and union volunteer. It could end like that, I’ve seen it happen to others.