In this article, the author reflects back to when he was in fifth grade, when his teacher taught the class to bake bread in school. It was November, and baking bread tied into the lesson. His teacher and some open-minded parents and students knew that to bake, sew, paint, sing, play an instrument, or dance as part of a lesson for a math class, science, history, English, or any other subject made school more fun. The author believes it truly was an educational experience. Maybe that approach to teaching and learning is why he liked school as a kid, and why he is pursuing his doctorate and is not a high school dropout. The author asserts that teachers need to have more freedom to teach in ways that encourage students to appreciate learning about the world around them--all of it. Maybe teachers would even have the liberty to spend an hour with their students baking some cranberry bread. (Contains 2 notes.)