The Star Full Circle. Part 1. Review of The Ultimate CI Book 1 and Book 2 by Ben Slavic During my recent long-awaited professional development for teaching using Comprehensible Input, I realized that one of the reasons I had been drawn to the Spatial Curriculum by Ben Slavic was because of the star shape. His journey of discovery has led him to write, rewrite, simplify and hone his ideal ACFL aligned, research-based curriculum in the Ultimate CI Books 1 and 2 for teachers of world languages in the classroom and more recently online. Ben Slavic has self-professed having had 6 clinical teacher burnouts and seems called to continue to connect with educators despite having put in enough time writing and teaching for decades now to be able to walk away with his long list of accomplishments to the profession as they are. How does this fit with my journey as a teacher? I have watched, first as an educational assistant for eight years and now as a teacher in my third year, how...