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

The knots looked like character marks, not flaws. The scars in the wood caught the light and turned it into gold.

“Whoa,” Liam whispered. The anger in his eyes was gone, replaced by awe.

I looked at the class. Twenty faces, covered in dust, looking at twenty pieces of beautiful wood.

“We spend so much time trying to be perfect,” I said, my voice thick continue reading …