My high school Economics class in high school was the period immediately after lunch. I seem to remember always falling asleep as the teacher droned on about the glass ceiling. I do not remember retaining much in that class and could not wait for the bell to ring so I could head off to gym class (unless we were square dancing that day!) What I love about homeschooling is I don't have to organize all of the classes into neat little 45-minute periods, although I used to. Once, I planned an entire year based on that type of system, neatly scheduling each class into the day from 8:30 am until 2:00 pm—complete with two breaks, one to go on the swing set and one for lunch. Why I thought I needed to recreate the typical classroom model, I do not know. Lack of confidence? Fear? Habit? Whatever the reason, I quickly learned that as I added more kids to the mix, that type of education did not fit our routine. Needing to nurse a baby or going to rescue a runaway goat made me need to ...