Thank you for the replies again. I appreciate your view points, but I just want to mention a few things. The school is a 141 organization, so everything is well documented. As I said before I had 3 hours of flight training and 5 hours of ground training with the student. I'm not trying to blame anything on the school or the previous instructor, and I am fully willing to accept the blame in this. I'm a 400 hour pilot, and I realize I have a lot to learn. This is not just a case of me trying to find the fault in others, I'm just trying to make sure I didn't just end my career. I've consulted both the AOPA and DFW TRACON, and I'm planning a trip to TRACON to see what the student did and learn something from them. I don't want to be just a time builder instructor, I've dealt with that type and they're bad for students and for aviation in general. I know it was my call to sign off the student and my responsibility. I just want a chance to learn from this before it wrecks my future, and I was mostly wondering what the FAA will say and trying to talk to people who might know how I should present my case and whether or not I need a new career choice. This whole thing is on me, and it's been one of the single most terrify and stressful experiences I've had in aviation, and I really want to make something good out of it. Other than my initial CFI check ride I've never had any experience with a FSDO. I've never had any other issues or violations, and certainly nothing like this. The student is going to be retrained or sent home (not a decision in my power, I've been working for this company for two months), and if the retraining is up to me, it's going to be extensive and well documented. All the questions that you two (jedinien and turbine26) are asking are really good points, and I appreciate the insight. I'm just trying to make myself a little more clear and plead my case a little. Thanks again