CNN PRODUCER NOTE     tcadams is a high school English teacher in Cochran, Georgia. She says for the past five years, budget cuts to the education sector have impacted her as well as other teachers in her area. 'The daily frustrations that teachers are facing deal directly with having a limited budget. Like having a lack of up-to-date text books, school technology not being maintained and a high turnover of school staff,' she said.

She says instead of cutting budgets for education, Congress should reevaluate the funds it allocates for foreign aid. 'Washington needs to temporarily reduce certain foreign aid and it needs to increase accountability in every government agency in order to reduce waste and frivolous spending. This is how American families are coping, slashing personal budgets,' she said.

She says education in America already runs on a "shoestring" budget. 'To decrease education spending any further would place this country in even more jeopardy when it comes to creating an educated workforce that can continue America's standing as a world class leader in business and innovation,' she said.

She says over time it has been hard to work as a teacher. 'I was once excited to go to work and teach,' she said. 'Most days I feel powerless. I feel like a cog in a piece of machinery that is slowly being dismantled around me. I still love my students, I still love my profession, but I, like many teachers, have become demoralized.'

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