In the good old days, when parents were in charge of their children, as were mine, my sister and I cleared the table after dinner, washed and put away the dishes, pots and pans, and utensils. Then we started on our homework. Unless some assignment was unusually long, or if we had procrastinated on starting a project like a term paper that was due the next day, we were typically in bed, lights out, eyes shut by 10:00 p.m. as required by my parents. Therefore rising at 6:30 a.m. to be appropriately dressed for school, in our assigned seats, ready to learn at 8:20 a.m. was no problem. The discipline to which I was subjected and learned became self-discipline and has served me very well over the years.