31 Jennifer Corn 2005 <p>&quot;When the two strangers walked into my classroom, I tensed up. No one had told me I would have company,&quot; writes teacher Jennifer Corn in this Edutopia magazine essay. Corn is describing &quot;a surprise visit&quot; 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. &quot;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.&quot; Corn was looking for another job.</p> <p>Corn, J. (2005). The visitors: By invitation only. <i>Edutopia (June 2005). </i>Retrieved from Edutopia 13 May 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/visitors</p> http://www.edutopia.org/visitors