JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY (1943- ) SKI CHAMPION
Killy began skiing at the age of three, and by the time he was a teenager he often cut school to attend ski competitions. 'Once you start racing in France,' he said, 'your schooling is finished.'He was expelled at 15 because of chronic truancy.
BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945), DICTATOR
At the age of nine, Mussolini was sent 20 miles from home to a boarding school in Faenza, Italy, run by Salesian priests. The recalcitrant youth was nearly expelled for throwing an inkpot at a teacher who had struck him with a ruler. Finally he went too far - he stabbed a fellow student in the buttocks with a knife. The future dictator was permanently dismissed.
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-49), AUTHOR
In 1831 American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point when he refused to attend drills and classes for several weeks.
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