Thread: Why did I not become lucid?

So I was in my dream and I literally remember being in my 4th block class (I go to the primary school for that block) and all little kids were in the room (I was also in the future), at one point I was hiding in one of the desks to teleport somewhere and said "This is a lucid dream!" I kept saying it but never did a reality check. I'm suprised I didnt do one cause i've had 2 lucid dreams where i looked at my hands. I remember before going to bed I kept thinking the mantra "I lucid dream tonight!" could have that made me in the dream said "this is a lucid dream."?