This year is his second year teaching statistics to the Ras Al Khaimah students. On Tuesday, September 21st, he got up at 3:30 am to get to the Boston Logan International Airport on time for his flight to New York. From there, he took a direct 13-hour flight to Dubai, where he arrived at 8:00 am local time. He was greeted by 100F weather after 24 hours of travel. Wednesday was off, and offered time to adjust to the time difference, and to prepare for lectures. The new student orientation took place on Thursday and classes began on Friday.