The sign's bold, Gothic letters playfully warn students to "abandon hope" once they step inside his classroom. He doesn't actually mean it, though. Lowell High School English teacher Daniel Teague, a literature lover with a twisted sense of humor, simply finds it funny. He is, after all, the same teacher who asked to move into Room 101 because he always reads George Orwell's "1984" with his seniors. When the principal forbids Teague from hanging the sign above his classroom door before school opens for 2001-2002, Teague never imagines how important that line-and Dante's own journey-will...
The sign's bold, Gothic letters playfully warn students to "abandon hope" once they step inside his classroom. He doesn't actually mean it, though. Lo...
