Answer:
Taken from a mine and then locked up in a wooden case. I am used by students everyday.
When set loose I fly away. Never so cursed as when I go astray.
What goes up and down, but does not move?
I follow you all the time and copy your every move but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
Squeeze me and I cry tears as red as my flesh but my heart is made of stone.
A little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat.