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

loud enough for the room to hear. “And heat changes things. It burns away the impurities.”

I reached into my apron and pulled out a tin of beeswax and orange oil—my own mixture. I opened it and scooped out a dollop with an old rag.

“You’ve done the hard work,” I addressed the class. “You took the roughness away. You faced the ugly parts. Now, look what continue reading …