I know some of you think regulations are good, but they weigh so heavily in my job that it is effectively taking teachers away from what they are trained to do and that is to T-E-A-C-H! I know I am not a very good public/government employee because I think the KIDS are or should be the main feature. The lawyers/politicians have effectively made it easy for parents to sue, whether the child is being educated or not. Leave it to the government to try and ruin the best and most rewarding job of a lifetime. I became a teacher to teach, but they want me to be a paper-pusher and let a para without any training, sometimes a GED, do the teaching. Oh, how sad to keep us from using our gifts.