The letter in Figure 8.9 delivers bad news to parents of a class of Grade 7 students who will have to change teachers only a few weeks into the new school year. Read this letter and, using the information outlined in this chapter on writing effective negative messages, analyze and evaluate it. Decide which organizational pattern has been used as the basis for this message. Examine such details as whether the writer has used a buffer, as well as some of the other points from this chapter that create an effective delivery of negative information. Finally, when you complete your analysis, revise the letter to correct or improve any flaws that you noticed in your evaluation.