Sometimes, the lesss I fight my feelings and just let them come when they come, the sooner they go when they go. As for being in the classroom, I would have appreciated a teacher who got teary saying, something like, "Whew, I just have to have a little cry right now" you don't have to go into details. Someone modelling "being human" would have been such a gift to me. Being sad, with grace, in public. Whew, woulda helped me with my stuff, I woulda LOVED that teacher. What age are your students?