Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu

Hah. Yeah, Hadley, they aaaaall guessed pinnacles and challenges. You could think that if you wanted.

Pinnacles. SNORT.

Sounded soooo close to pineapples. Which were gooood. And good job, Hadley, you've made Ellie hungry now. But, it was okay. It was a good thing Arithmancy was on the second floor. It was so close to the Great Hall.

Which was where Ellie'll be going after this, hopefully not lengthly, lesson. Yup.

Originally Posted by fire_faerie

Ryden's first ever Arithmancy lesson, and already the brunette found that she did not like this subject. One, it was too personal. Why should she share her aspirations with a bunch of insane Hogwarts kids? One day they'd read about her in some sort of high end magic magazine, proclaiming her to be more successful than Guido Di Marco and the MOST successful woman - witch - in the entire world.

Yep yep. And two, it seemed a bit silly. Pinnacles? Challenges? Sounded like a load of Abraxan droppings. Or something a little less smelly. At any rate, Ryden kept her mouth shut and ever so discreetly read her textbook to see if there was something in there that she could contribute to the lesson. One thing's for sure, though - this was NOTHING like muggle maths.

Unfortunately.

Originally Posted by Macavity

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi's hand shot up. "A pinnacle, but definition alone, is highest point of level. In life, this could mean a point were we are at our best or perhaps a point at which we have achieved one of our goals and are feeling like we literally are on top of the world." She swallowed and put a little more thought into her answer. "In Arithmancy, pinnacles are a set of numbers that will lead you towards your greatest accomplishment, a means to reveal your potential for achievement and success. They also show us what is possible for us to achieve in a given period of our life..." She trailed off a bit. What if her numbers told her that working with dragons was beyond what she was capable of?!

Originally Posted by Starbreeze

Eino looked at his hands. Yes, they were very strong, and shaking, for some odd reason. Well, he had had a problem here and there with a creature or two but generally speaking, he was excellent with creatures. You know, other than having accidentally killed every single pet he had ever owned. At least Professor Hadley seemed to believe in him. Not that others usually thought he was lying, but they always laughed and said it was impossible. She was supportive.

At first Eino heard pineapples, and got hungry, but he could remember having studied pinnacles in the past. He raised his hand. "They are based on nine year cycles and there are four of them, aren't there, Professor?" Every nine years completed a cycle and each cycle had a number of pinnacles, but Eino wasn't sure exactly how many. These would be the peak, or the best moments, of those nine year cycles? "I think they may also be linked to the four seasons. The first being Spring, the second Summer, the third Fall, and the last Winter."

Originally Posted by nogoodforyou

Pinnacles... Helena heard about those...

Oh! "There are four long-term cycles," she said quickly, with her hand raised. "Each represents a particular... part of your life, I think." She also remembered reading about how to calculate those pinnacles, and it was really REALLY complicated.

So... she wasn't quite looking forward to that.

Originally Posted by Samira Malfoy Potter

Samira thought about this for a moment, then raised her hand. "A pinnacle is the highest possible point of something. It could be your highest point of success, or money...things like that." As for how many there were, Samira didn't know.

Originally Posted by Pokah Face

Roderigo was slightly exhausted from the day before, and therefore was not in the mood to answer about his aspirations, though he did have some. However, Professor Hadley progressed with the class, and as she asked them about pinnacles, the Spaniard furrowed his dark brows as he tried to remember what his Arithmancy book had said. After a few moments, his hand shot into the air.
"Professor, by English definition alone, the pinnacle is the highest point; the greatest achievement, if you will. The pinnacles are what indicate the potential towards our greatest accomplishments in our future." He smiled broadly; he was proud of himself for actually reading a classroom book beforehand and for remembering what he had actually read. Pleased with his answer, he lowered his hand as other students raised their own. But then he remembered more, and his hand shot up into the air again.
"Sorry, Professor, but also, there are four pinnacle numbers, and they each foretell a specific period of our lives." He looked down and lowered his hand.

Originally Posted by Roselyn

What did she hope to accomplish?

"I don't know." she shrugged, pausing in the quill tapping for a moment to think about it before continuing on. Eh, she hadn't really thought about that. Not dying would be an accomplishment, right?

Yea, she'd go with that.

Pinnacles...hmm she remembered somewhat about those. A few other answers being said were enough to have her figure out a decent yet different answer. Maybe not decent? "There are four of them, and they're pretty much like guidelines for you, aren't they?" They seemed like it to her. "Telling you what effort and attitude you need to give during a certain part of your life that will lead you to your greatest accomplishments apparently."

The Slytherin didn't like guidelines. Not on her life that is.

Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh

Nessie had been quiet the whole lesson and decided that she should be more active, so she looked in her book then she put up her hand waited her turn then said. "Um Proffessor.. Isn't the Pinnacles a set of numbers which lead you to your greatest achievement. . They tell about the journey ahead and show what can be done at a certain period of time in life. I think there are twelve pinnacles?" said Ness hoping whatever she just said was right.

Originally Posted by Trish

Originally Posted by Nixy!

The pinnacles? ... wow. They'd not been studied in class for YEARS.

Rasing her hand again, Iris offered her answer. "The pinnacles are "predictive indicators"... They tell us what we can achieve at a certain point of our lives, and what we're capable of achieving."To explain it with as little detail as possible. Nodding, Iris sighed as she tried to remember how many there were. "And ... there's four of them. Four pinnacles... with... nine... year cycles. I think."

Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill

'Pinacles are...a set of numbers. Each letter of the alphabet is assigned a numerical value between 1 and 9. And, eh...the numbers can indicate the pinnacle of success or the depths of failure', Gwen said. Was that even logical?, the girl asked herself. Probably not...

Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Salina was sure that she was going to be a healer someday, or maybe a curse breaker. Nevermind. Pinnacle. What's a pinnacle? OOH!

"A pinnacle is the highest point of something. In Arithmancy, I believe we have four main stages of our lives?" asked Salina, crossing her fingers.

Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

SPOILER!!: Answering the first question

Sophie sat dumbfounded for several minutes as she tried to put words to what she aspired with her life. Still unsure the lioness prefect replied "I would like to lead a meaningful life with a husband and children. I would like to work as a magical crature healer like my mother or own/ be a shopkeeper of a shop in Diagon Alley preferably the Magical Menagerine since i love creatures of shapes and sizes." Taking down her hand the brunette wanted to add that in the short term her goal was to graduate with top grades.

Professor Hadley moved on with the lesson and Sophie's hand shot up with many other's to answer the question. "There are four pinnacles and they are a predictive indicator to help lead you to accomplish what you want in life. In 4 persiods throughtout ones life the pinnacles can help you guide you to what you can achive when you are a child, a young adult, an adult and a senior citizen to give a few examples." taking down her hand feeling pretty good about her answer Sophie waited to hear if she was on the spot or totally out on high water.

Originally Posted by MagicGlitter

Ariella's hand shot up into the air. "A pinnacle is an kind of indicator. It's a number that will help lead you to your greatest accomplishment. Each person has four pinnacles, and each pinnacle represents a certain point in our life." Was that right? Yes, she thought so.