Beckley talked about breaking bad news to parents. This is an idea that makes me very nervous as a new teacher. She said one of the ways that worked best was to give the bad news, like an OREO cookie, giving the good news first, then the bad, and finally another good praise about their child. This is very helpful and interesting to me, I would have always thought you gave two praises at the beginning and then finished with the bad news. One of the ideas Ms. Beckley brought up was that when giving bad news to parents, you as a teacher need to be careful not to just brush over the issue, but rather to be very gentle and delicate when you break the news, because to you, their son/daughter is just another part of your class, but to the parent you are calling, that child is their whole world. This is very important for me to understand as a teacher, through this idea taught to me I can begin to become more aware of how I communicate bad news with my parents and even with people around me in my life right now. Another idea Ms. Beckley mentioned was to not forget about well-behaved students in a classroom. A lot of the time these students are often forgotten because a parent hearing good praise about their child would be wonderful to hear. Along with this, praising well-behaved children will often maintain their good behavior.