https://battey.me/blog/personal/ Recent content in Personal on Stephen's Blog Hugo en Copyright © 2026, Stephen Battey. Sun, 07 Jan 2024 06:27:00 +0000 https://battey.me/2023-a-year-in-review/ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 06:27:00 +0000 https://battey.me/2023-a-year-in-review/ <p>2023 brought with it a lot of changes for me professionally and in my personal life.</p> <p>Professionally, I left a job in a local school district that turned out to be more corrupt than I had expected and took a job in the district I completed my K-12 public education in.</p> <p>Overall I am happier now but I wonder if I made the right choice to switch back to the K-5 level instead of staying in a secondary role. I started my career in education K-5 but I have always enjoyed teaching older kids. I have not settled on where I want to end up next year, but I like my team and I like my district so I don’t plan on leaving that right away.</p>