I roto i te tau i noho ia ki tona tupuna, Alexander Bell, i whanau te aroha ki te ako, me te roa te wa i roto i te nui te kōrero me te ako. I te pakeke, i whakaurua ia i te Royal High School, Edinburgh, Scotland, i mahue ia i te tau o 15, kua oti anake te wha puka tuatahi. i te kore i te wehewehe i tona pūkete kura, tohu e absenteeism me kore tohu. noho ana tona hiahia matua i roto i te pūtaiao, rawa koiora i te mea i mahi ia i ētahi atu kaupapa kura ki te koretake, ki te pouri o tona papa tono. I te mahue i te kura, haere Bell ki Rānana ki te ora ki tona tupuna, Alexander Bell. I roto i te tau i noho ia ki tona tupuna, i whanau te aroha o te ako, i pau haora roa i roto i te kōrero nui, me te ako. ka mau Bell kaumatua ki te whai i tona ākonga ki te korero ki te ākonga, me te ki ana akonga, i mahue ia i te tau tuatahi e 15, i oti i te whakaoti i te akoranga i roto i te whare wānanga o El
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