No offense, but I consider spending 20 seconds telling you this is a waste of time a better use of those 20 seconds actually "contacting your reps" a better use of my time than sending an email to a server no one will ever read.

(To her credit, she gets the summer off, is virtually unaccountable as she passed the dummies anyway, probably has a pension with a COLA. Advantage: teachers)

Emailing your reps has no value (unless you enjoy endless spamming for re-election contributions).

Your high school teacher who decided to get the easiest major on the college menu for a government sinecure meant well, but didn't really understand how power actually works.