Benjamin Hart

Our journey really begins as we board the impressive Emirates A380, only to be mustered into the rather underwhelming cattle-class. The almost unpalatable realisation of the arduous 17 hour slog awaiting us was sweetened ever so slightly by the extensive collection of just about everything in the Emirates entertainment system. Having landed in Dubai, we relaxed in the knowledge that we had successfully left school behind. However, my favourite Latin teacher Mr Buckingham had other ideas: including forcing us two fifth formers to brave the second term Latin exam, which we would be sitting in DBX, sustained only by the 6:30AM pizza.