Keohane urges 'extreme' learning
I know that the sentiments of the students and the parents are somewhat divergent at this point. As students, you are eager to get on with your life at Duke. You are somewhat bewildered by all the things that are new, picking up the first cues that have come your way about what you're expected to do here and what everybody else is doing; and you are just as glad that the 'rents are about to take off and let you concentrate on the business at hand. As parents, many of you are experiencing some separation anxiety, it's hard to leave your child in a new place and turn the car around and face towards home without them; and you may be inclined to linger for awhile to make sure they have absolutely the right bed sheets and laundry hamper and that everything is in place in the new room they will call home....