The Visitors: By Invitation Only
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2005URL:
http://www.edutopia.org/visitorsAbstract:
"When the two strangers walked into my classroom, I tensed up. No one had told me I would have company," writes teacher Jennifer Corn in this Edutopia magazine essay. Corn is describing "a surprise visit" by evaluators to see if she's following the curriculum. Although the feedback turned out to be positive, the disrespectful attitude of the visitors still left Corn angry. "I believe these administrators' refusal to speak to me is emblematic of a common bureaucratic view of teachers: We are not thinking professionals with creative ideas, but, rather, problems in the making, to be kept in line through control and coercion." Corn was looking for another job.
Corn, J. (2005). The visitors: By invitation only. Edutopia (June 2005). Retrieved from Edutopia 13 May 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/visitors
