The Sandpaper Lesson That Went Viral and Exposed What Teens Carry Inside

whiten your teeth. You pretend the flaws aren’t there. But in here? In the real world? You can’t swipe away a splinter. You have to deal with it.”

I went to the cabinet and pulled out the sandpaper. Not the fine stuff. The 60-grit. The coarse, angry red paper that feels like rocks glued to a sheet. I tore it into squares and passed it out.

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