I was around 15 when I changed highschool and ended up having an Italian literature professor that told us "sorry, I will not follow this year's program and you

I was around 15 when I changed highschool and ended up having an Italian literature professor that told us "sorry, I will not follow this year's program and you will probably suffer from this change across the next years since you will have a huge gap, but it's worth it". He was so right about both things. During one year didn't read other than the Inferno and it changed my life and appreciation for literature and history. He eventually got fired or transferred, I don't know.