In 1959, he attended Chaffey College but left after one semester, and maintained thereafter a disdain for formal education, taking his children out of school at age 15 and refusing to pay for their college.
I 1959 kom han på Chaffey College, men stoppede efter et enkelt semester og bevarede resten af livet en foragt for skoleuddannelse, hvilket resulterede i, at han tog sine egne børn ud af skole som 15-årige og nægtede at betale for college.