I wear a pink hat on one end, a sharp point on the other, and I get shorter every time I help a student make a point in class. What am I?
A pencil
A pencil has an eraser ('pink hat') on top and graphite on the bottom. Sharpening and using it makes it shorter while making a literal point on paper.
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