Bartleby Gaines got rejected from every college he applied to. Rather than letting his parents know the disappointment, he decided to set up his own school, the South Harmon Institute of Technology.
Bartleby Gaines: Why'd you get fired? Glen: I got fired for making a shrimp slushy. Bartleby Gaines: That's disgusting! Why would you do that pal? Glen: 'Cause I was hungry and thirsty!