Ms. López smiled. She wrote: "Samuel shows great empathy and leadership in social situations. He is a loyal friend. We are developing organizational habits to help his brilliant ideas find a place to land."
The next morning, she handed back the notebooks. Tomás read his and whispered, "She thinks I'm creative!" Valentina showed her whale drawing to the kid next to her. And Samuel? He took out a brand new pencil case and lined up his crayons from red to violet.
One rainy Thursday, she sat with her stack of blue evaluation notebooks. "What can I write?" she murmured.