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

and oak dust. Some of them I didn’t. Sophomores. Juniors. A girl from the honors hallway with a backpack that probably cost more than my first truck. A kid in a hoodie who usually vanished into the bathroom between bells.

They weren’t talking much. They were just… waiting.

I pushed through them with my coffee in one hand and my keys in the other, and continue reading …