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

like ghosts. Shoulders hunched, eyes glazed, thumbing glass screens as if their oxygen supply depends on the next notification. They are the most connected generation in human history, yet I have never seen a group of young people so profoundly, devastatingly alone.

This semester, the air in Room 104 felt heavy. It smelled worse than burnt transmission continue reading …