Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi tamaiti o Colorado, e ono tau, i whakawātea mō te rā kotahi i muri i tana tohu i ōna maihao ki tētahi hoa akomanga i te āhua o te pupuhi i a ia e kī ana 'kua mate koe.' Ko Elijah Thurston, he ākonga akomanga tuatahi, i whakawhiwhia ki te whiu mai i te Kura Kaupapa o Stratton Meadows mō te whakawehi i ōna hoa whai muri i te kaupapa i te Mane. I kī tōna pāpā, a Austin Thurston, he 'iti rawa' te mahi whakatupato mō te tamaiti taitamariki e 'tākaro ana', ā, kāore he wā okiokinga i pai ake. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Elijah Thurston (i runga ake nei), e ono tau te pakeke, he akonga akomanga tuatahi, i whiua i te kura tuatahi o Stratton Meadows i Colorado mo nga whakawehi ki nga hoa whai muri i te kaupapa i te Mane. I kī tōna pāpā, a Austin Thurston (i runga ake nei), he 'iti rawa' te mahi whakatupato mō te tamaiti taitamariki e 'tākaro ana', ā, kāore he wā okiokinga i pai ake. 'Ko te tikanga e whakaaro ana ahau i te tākaro ia. Ko tehea tamaiti e ono tau te pakeke e kore e tākaro i ngā pirihimana me ngā kaipahua, i ngā kauhoe me ngā Inia?' I kōrero a Mr Thurston ki KRDO. I kōrero tētahi kaiwhakahaere kura ki a Elijah, e haere ana ki te kura mai i te marama o Hanuere, e pā ana ki te tikanga o te kupu'mate' me pehea e kore ai ia e whakapohehe i nga kēmu, i nga mea hanga-whakaaro ranei ki te pono, e ai ki te pūrongo whanonga. Ka whai whakaaro te kura ki ngā whanonga o mua, o nāianei hoki, ā, ka kōrero ki te ākonga me ngā mātua i mua i te tuku i tētahi whakatārewatanga, e ai ki tētahi kaikorero mō te Rohe Kura Tuarua o Harrison. E whakapono ana rātau i hoatu e rātau te whiu tika i muri i te tūtukitanga. Kāore e taea te whakaputa i ngā taipitopito o te take nā te mea he wāhanga o te pūkete whaiaro o te ākonga. E tuhituhi ana a Iraia i tētahi reta ki te kura e tono muru ana mō ana mahi, ahakoa kāore i te hiahiatia i a ia. Kua kōrero mai ōna mātua ki a ia mō te nui o ana kōrero, ā, ehara te kura i te wāhi mō aua mahi. I kii a Mr Thurston ahakoa koinei te wa tuatahi o Elijah i raru i te kura, i mua i a ia he raru whanonga iti i te kura i tae atu ai ia ki Stratton Meadows. Ko ona matua...
Ko Elijah Thurston, he ākonga akomanga tuatahi no Colorado, i whakatārewatia mō te rā kotahi mai i te Kura Kaupapa o Stratton Meadows. I whiua ia e te kura mō te 'whakamataku i ōna hoa' I kī tōna pāpā, a Austin Thurston, e tākaro ana tana tamaiti, ā, ko te mahi whakatupato he 'iti rawa' Kua tuhia e Child he reta ki te kura e mea ana he pouri ia, e kī ana e mārama ana ia ki te nui o ana mahi.