After being written off as a failure by teachers due to poor grades in high school, Olsen planned to join the United States Army until he was counseled to try college for several months.
高校では成績が悪く、教師によって落第と見なされた後に、オルセンは数か月の間大学を試みるために助言されるまで米陸軍に加わることを計画した。