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Tovia Smith

From pandemic to protests, the Class of 2024 has been through a lot

Several hundred demonstrators crossed barricades to join pro-Palestinian demonstrators at MIT who had been given a May 6th deadline to leave the encampment. (JOSH REYNOLDS/AP)

Four years ago, Keilee Northcutt graduated near the top of her Tullahoma High School class in Tennessee. But instead of strutting across the stage in front of her proud parents, she was relegated to the front seat of her mom's car as they drove a lap around the football field, quickly grabbed her diploma, then drove home.

There were no smiling selfies with her besties, no class parties, and no fancy awards ceremony to fete the high achievers like her. Instead, she got a shoutout on Facebook.

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