Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ahakoa mai i te whare wānanga, i tētahi kaituku mahi hou rānei, e mōhio katoa ana tātou ki taua manawanui whakamataku, e pā ana ki te whiwhi i tētahi reta whakakahoretanga. Engari i whakahokia mai e Siobhan O'Dell, 17 tau te pakeke, i muri i te tono mai o te reta whakakahoretanga mai i te Whare Wānanga o Duke, mā te tuku i tana ake karere ki te tari whakauru, e whakakahore ana i to rātau whakakahoretanga. Ko te taiohi, no North Carolina, i tono ki te whare wānanga rongonui i tona rohe, engari i te Maehe 26 i tukuna mai he reta ki a ia e kii ana kua kore ia e eke ki te tohu. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I tukuna e Siobahn O'Dell, 17, mai i North Carolina, tenei whakautu ki tetahi īmēra mai i te tari whakauru i te Whare Wānanga o Duke e korero ana ki a ia kua ngaro ia i tetahi waahi. Heoi, i te kore e whakaae ki te whakautu, ka tuhituhi ia ki a ia, ka mea: 'I muri i te whakaaro nui, ka pouri ahau ki te whakamohio atu ki a koe kaore au e whakaae ki to kore ki te tuku i ahau ki te whakauru ki te akomanga tuatahi o te ngahuru 2015 i Duke. I te whakaata i te hōputu paerewa o ngā reta whakakahoretanga o te whare wānanga, ka tapiritia e ia: 'Ahakoa te angitu nui o Duke i te whakakahoretanga o nga kaitono o mua, kaore koe i tutuki i aku tohu. Nā reira, ka haere au ki te kura tuatahi o te Whare Wānanga o Duke i te tau 2015. Kei te tumanako ahau ki te kite i a koe i reira.' I a ia e korero ana ki a MailOnline mo te reta, ka mea ia: 'I tukuna mai e ratou he reta paopao paopao paopao ki ahau, "I tenei tau he maha nga kaitono...", blah, blah, blah. 'Kua mōhio au ki te nui o te mana o ngā wānanga ki runga i ngā ākonga. Ka whakapau kaha ngā kaumātua ki ngā tono, ka mamae ki te tatari, ā, i ētahi wā ka tangi ki te whakautu. Na ko te reira. Ko te whare wānanga te mana katoa. Engari mena ehara i te mea koinei? He aha mēnā ka whakawhiwhia e tātau te whare wānanga ki tā rātou whakawhiwhinga ki a tātau? I hiahia ahau ki te hoatu ki a ratou he reka o to ratou ake rongoā. ' Ko te reta a Miss O'Dell kua tata ki te 100,000 nga pai me nga rebols mai i tana tuku ki tana kaute Tumblr, a ka whakaatuhia i roto i te niupepa o te kura o Duke. Mai i te whakaputanga o tētahi tārua o te reta ki tōna pūkete Tumblr, kua riro te pikitia hei huaketo, e kukume ana i te tata ki te 100,000 ngā manakohanga me ngā rēhita mai i te wā tuatahi i whakairihia ai....
Ko Siobhan O'Dell, 17, e tumanako ana kia whiwhi wāhi ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Duke. I tana whiwhinga i tētahi īmēra whakakahoretanga, ka whakatau ia kia kaua e whakaae ki te kore hei whakautu. I tukuna atu e ia he īmēra ki te kura, e kī ana kāore i taea e ia te whakaae ki te whakakahoretanga. Kua horapa te karere, ā, ka tuhia ki roto i te niupepa o te kura o Duke.