Tom Clancy never flunked English at Loyola

The Catholic Review ^ | Oct. 7, 2013 | George P. Matysek Jr.

[MDJohnPaul]

It certainly makes for a good story: a scrappy kid from Baltimore flunks out of an English class at what is now Loyola University Maryland only to become an international bestselling author.

The problem is that the oft-told tale concerning Tom Clancy is just as fictitious as Jack Ryan.

“It was an urban legend that just wouldn’t die,” said Carol Abromaitis, the English professor accused of giving Clancy an F in her class.

For decades, Abromaitis urged English majors to let others know the truth. Her efforts bore little fruit.

“One major said to me, ‘Of course not. It makes us look smart,’” Abromaitis remembered with a laugh...

[SES1066]

From the movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" and supposedly added by its director, John Ford;

Ransom Stoddard: "You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?"
Maxwell Scott: "No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

[Hardraade]

Legends.

Once upon a time, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the onetime director of WHO who spittle-sprayingly accused Ronald Reagan of being a “failed actor” was more known for running, screaming profanity, out of a high school exam having been caught cheating.

People lie.

[EEGator]

[ConorMacNessa]

I had the good fortune to study English Lit at Loyola in the early 70's. Carol "Sue" Abromaitis is an excellent teacher with a steel-trap mind, compendious knowledge of her subject matter and a staunchly Conservative worldview. I'm amazed that she's still in the saddle forty years later.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Maybe he failed Engrish?

[Hoodat]

Somebody set up us the bomb.

[Veto!]

Everyone’s flunking the publication of Clancy’s cause of death. It’s so well concealed, I’m beginning to suspect something awful, like suicide. Or death by drugs or alcohol.