Might be, he was French, after all. Seriously, most of the students were tolerant and very interested in the 3 or 4 foreign exchange students we had each year. Which, of course is the purpose of the exchange.

Did have a woman from South Vietnam as an exchange student. While she was in America, Saigon fell. Her dad was a Colonel in the South Vietnamese army. Regrettable she had no family to go back to. They all were killed. She stayed and became a family practice doctor in America. When their kids were old enough, they went back for a visit. Able to find a few distant cousins. Everyone else had not survived.