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Another time, when Isabel was a
little older, she felt upset because her
friends sat at two different tables in the
lunch room. One table was populated
with her quieter friends, the other with
the class extroverts. Isabel described
the second group as “loud, talking all
the time, sitting on top of each other—ugh!”
But she was sad because her
best friend Amanda loved to sit at the
“crazy table,” even though she was also
friends with the girls at the “more relaxed
and chill table.” Isabel felt torn.
Where should she sit?
Joyce’s first thought was that the
“crazy table” sounded like more fun.
But she asked Isabel what she preferred.
Isabel thought for a minute and said,
“Maybe every now and then I’ll sit with
Amanda, but I do like being quieter and
taking a break at lunch from
everything.”
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