Be Kind, Get Uncomfortable, and Stop Checking the Scoreboard: What the South Shore’s Class of 2026 Heard on Its Way Out the Door

Across nine commencement stages over the final weekend of May, the South Shore’s Class of 2026 — the cohort that started high school in the shadow of a pandemic and is graduating into the age of artificial intelligence — heard a remarkably consistent set of marching orders from the people sending them off. Be kind. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. S…