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

also talking about us.”

“Good,” I said. “Let them talk.”

She frowned. “Isn’t that bad?”

I shook my head.

“Talking isn’t the enemy,” I said. “Silence is.”

I looked down the hallway at the adults, at the kids, at the world made of screens and opinions and fast judgments.

Then I looked back at her.

“Here’s what I want you to remember,” I told her. “They can continue reading …