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Isabel: Do you wanna tell us yet how you felt about thetour? Today ? Mr. Tushman went out of his way to tell me how sweet those kidswere and that Julian is apparently quite the dream.Augie: No.Isabel: Not a dream? Is he one ofthose kids that acts one way in front of grownups and then another way in frontof kids?Auggie: Yeah, I guess.Isabel: Well I know it's hard, but you have to understandthat he probably feels badly about himself. And when someone acts small, youjust have to be the bigger person, all right?Auggie: Right.Isabel: Via, I'll get the pizza.Nate: Look at me, Auggie. That kid sounds like a real jerk.If someone pushes you, push back. Don't be afraid of anyone.Auggie: Why are we whispering?Nate: Because I'm afraid of mom. You just gotta be a biggerperson and rise above it. It's that easy.Isabel: Auggie, I do believe that this is the best year foryou to start school because everybody is going to be new. But if you really don'twanna go...Auggie: No. It's okay. I wanna go.Isabel: You do? What changed yo