You are getting enough sleep. Or close enough. You are going to bed at a reasonable hour, waking up at a reasonable hour, doing the things you are supposed to do. And you are still exhausted. Not tired in the way a good weekend away would fix. Tired in a way that seems to sit underneath everything, that rest does not seem to touch, that you have quietly started to wonder might just be who you are now.

Children spend so much of the school day managing themselves. By the time they come home, their emotional capacity may be low. The feelings they have carried all day can spill out in the place where they feel safest.And sometimes, we will not get it right. We may snap. We may lecture. We may respond from our own tiredness.

June can bring a different kind of classroom energy.

Children may be tired but restless. Some children become louder. Some become more emotional. Some test limits. Some seem to need more reassurance. Others quietly pull back.

And because teachers are often the emotional anchors in the room, we can feel responsible for holding all of it together.