Ilie is one of the boys from the after-school program, in the second grade. When he first came at class, he couldn’t read a word, nor could write a sentence. We were told that he is in danger to repeat this year in school because he can’t keep the same with his coleagues.

This is a sample from his notebook at the beginning:

Well, the things are a little bit different now, after a month. We are proud to anounce you that he just got appreciated at the school with the first FB (“Foarte bine” means in Romanian “very good”).

Here’s a page from his notebook now:

Ilie is a smart boy, after all. Now he can prove it!