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> are they really stressed or just excited and in an unfamiliar environment, meeting lots of new people, etc etc

Being in an unfamiliar environment and meeting lots of new people is stressful. They can be genuinely stressed. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Yeah, I think this is basically what the author wanted to say. He just wrote it in a way that made the argument look less credible than just stating it on its own.

(Even then, I'd expect the follow-up discussion here to ask whether this is "good stress" or "bad stress" that is happening here, and whether it's only a situation at the beginning that kids quickly get used to or whether it's a permanent thing)

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