▁of ▁Saint - P orch air , ▁and ▁while ▁Michel ▁briefly ▁became ▁an ▁alt ar ▁boy , ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁was ▁dev out . ▁ ▁In ▁later ▁life , ▁Fou ca ult ▁revealed ▁very ▁little ▁about ▁his ▁child hood . ▁Descri bing ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁" ju ven ile ▁del in quent ," ▁he ▁claimed ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁" bul ly " ▁who ▁stern ly ▁pun ished ▁him . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁two ▁years ▁early , ▁Fou ca ult ▁began ▁his ▁school ing ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁Ly c ée ▁Henry - IV . ▁There ▁he ▁would ▁undert ake ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁elementary ▁education ▁before ▁entering ▁the ▁main ▁l yc ée , ▁where ▁he ▁stayed ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁After wards , ▁he ▁would ▁take ▁his ▁first ▁four ▁years ▁of ▁secondary ▁education ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁establishment , ▁excell ing ▁in ▁French , ▁Greek , ▁Latin , ▁and ▁history , ▁though ▁doing ▁poor ly ▁at ▁mathematics , ▁including ▁arithmetic . ▁ ▁Te ens ▁to ▁Young ▁Ad ul th ood : ▁ 1 9 3 9 – 1 9 4 5 ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁would ▁break ▁out , ▁followed ▁by ▁Naz i ▁Germany ' s ▁occupation ▁of ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁parents ▁opposed ▁the ▁occupation ▁and ▁the ▁V ich y ▁regime , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁join ▁the ▁Res istance . ▁That ▁year , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁mother