My mother was an elementary school teacher during the depression, with only a "normal school" education, and after the war, and taking time out to raise us kids

My mother was an elementary school teacher during the depression, with only a "normal school" education, and after the war, and taking time out to raise us kids, she was unable to return to teaching, and ended up as secretary to the director of special education in a suburban school district. She wrote all his letters for him, because he seemed to be unable to compose a coherent paragraph, even though he had an Ed.D.