Auggie is a boy with physical abnormalities that have kept him home-schooled until now. Mrs. Pullman explains to Auggie that it is time for him to start going to a public school with other children.
Auggie's classmates stick up for him when he is assaulted by the older kids while in the woods on the class trip.
Mr. Tushman congratulates Auggie to the sounds of a standing ovation. Auggie says everyone should get at least one in their lifetime.