Preface: I have no experience with lucid dreaming, and I looking to start trying to have lucid dreams.

The wake back to bed technique is where you go to bed at regular time, wake up one hour and do dream recall practice, then go back to bed. Now, the flaw with this is I have to get up at a certain time usually, hence I set my clock for that time. I'm fine waking up an hour early, but then I have to go back to bed after that hour. So in essence I will be late for school, right?!?

Normal wake - 5:00, hour earlier - 4:00, back to bed - 5:00, wake - Past 5:00

I don't get it...I'm screwed if I don't get up at my designated time. So you might think, logically, to get up 2 hours earlier...but then I'm tired throughout the day. Am I missing something to this technique? Thanks.