My wife and I are kind of at odds with each other, but its not really her fault. I make ~$120K a year with great medical, lot of liberty at my job, great work life balance. My wife makes ~$30K a year as a principles secretary at an underprivileged elementary school. Its incredibly stressful, and even dangerous at times. One of the most frustrating aspects is the absolute lack of upward mobility or promotion potential, and it is the source of a lot of friction in our relationship.

Were both in our late 30s, two kids in sports and extra curricular.

Her responsibilities include:

Supervision of all non administrative and teaching staff (paraprofessionals, custodian staff, front office staff, shes the king of the proletariat).

Scheduling substitute teachers

Submitting and managing facility maintenance work orders

Payroll for the staff mentioned

Managing accounts for title funds, activity funds, state and local funds

Purchase orders

Calendars and secretarial work for the principal and vice principal

And…