If you want to know how twinkling is important, just go

out at night and look at the stars. It’s sparkling. You

see, I’m a teacher.  The stars are the children in my

class.  My job is to take them in – in whatever shape

they come – and shine and buff them and then 

send them out to take their places as bright little

twinkling beacons in the sky. 

They come into my room in all shapes and sizes.

Sometimes they’re bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly and

broken.  Some stars are cuddly, soft and sweet. 

Some stars are prickly and thorny.  As I 

buff, polish, train and teach my little stars, I tell

them that the world cannot do without them.  I tell

them they can do anything they set their minds to 

do.  I tell them they can be the brightest, shinies

stars in the sky and the world will be a better place

because of them. 

Each night as I look at the sky, I’m reminded of my very

important job and awesome responsibility.  I go and get

my soft buffing cloth and my bottle of polish in

preparation for tomorrow and for my class of little

stars.