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Bonjour Val - Your post is quite interesting. I think back on my school experience, where I spent 1st through 8th grades in a small private school where everyone knew everyone. Then I went to a different high school than most of my grade school "friends." Although I had pretty good friends in grade school, we did not keep in touch when I went to a different high school. But none of them were "soulmates." I did not meet soulmates in my high school either, but in after-school activities in about junior year of high school and then after college. I do not claim to be HG (i'm guessing MG), but I was bored throughout school, and I think I would have liked meeting new people and being challenged rather than being with the same crew for years. But I have always been a rather outgoing person who easily makes friends (though not always soulmate types). I imagine how a child deals with school changes depends greatly on the child's personality.