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*PhoenixRising* · 10-04-2012, 12:11 AM

SPOILER!!: blah, blah, blah, ... numbers, days, yes... yes... <3

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

In his notes, Pao scribbled the header "Number Characteristics" to mirror his aunt. What do you use this stuff for in real life? Practically speaking? Why did it seem that people always felt that everything had to be directly applicable to daily life or it was useless? What's wrong with knowledge and learning.. just BECAUSE? He shook his head slightly to end his mental mini rant and began to determine Arithmancy's practical uses. With each point, he jotted down a quick phrase on his parchment.

Right. Time to share with the class. Hand up, he said, "Well, I think that the insights you learn about yourself can be very practically applied. Like... Say you find your Soul Urge or Personality Number. That gives you an objective look at who you are-- both your strengths and your weaknesses." He cleared his throat before continuing. "So rather than paying a lot of money for a counselor or having a friend say hurtful things, you can find out what areas of your life you need to improve in." So practical personality analysis, basically.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

The first year still wasn't quite sure that she was grasping the concept entirely, but she raised her hand to answer the professor's question. At first the thought of picking certain types of people for certain jobs made sense to her, but she quickly saw how frightening and controlling of an idea that was. We are not ants or bees, Eliza! she scolded herself. Once she was called upon, she gave a somewhat better answer, "Professor, if we know more about ourselves based on our number, um, readings...we could be mindful of traits we have that maybe we want to work on." She wondered if this was at all what Hadley had meant. "For example, if someone had it spelled out for them they had a mean streak, they could make a conscious effort to soften it."

There were probably far better answers and she was a little sheepish about the thought that had come to her mind. She scrunched her face and almost winced as she waited to hear what the professor had to say. I really need to pay attention in this class, sheesh. She hoped she'd get the hang of the subject sooner than later.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella cringed when Laura's set of notes caught fire, her green eyes growing wide. EEP. That definitely wasn't good. She was thankful that another student had stepped up to help, not wanting Laura to get burnt or anything. That would have been bad.

How is Arithmancy practical? Hmm. Ella wasn't exactly sure how to answer this. Her specialties included making ice cream sundaes and giving out gummy worms, not numbers. She took a moment to consider the question though, wanting to give it a shot. "Well Professor, the Life Path number has to do with your talents and the path you're meant to take to find success..." Which Hadley already knew, yeah? "And this can be useful in everyday life because once you discover the number, you can maybe focus your attention in those areas that you know will help you succeed on that path." Yeah, yeah that didn't sound so bad, right? "Like if your path suggested that you would be good in the field of like...health or something...you could maybe spend more time studying that area." Yeah, so maybe not the best answer in the world but Ella hoped it made some kind of sense.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

To be fair, Vivi thought that divination was pretty much bunk. She liked Arithmancy for the ways that it made sense and ordered things that generally didn't seem to have much order. She could see how it shed light on what already was, but it was the predictive quality she found fault with.

But still... Vivi raised her hand. "Having a basic understanding of Arithmancy will allow you access to understanding a person better - their motives, strengths, and weaknesses - needing only their name or birthdate or something."

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Writing down some more notes, Kurumi's nose twitched when she smelled smoke...and then there was fire? Okay, the first thought was why Laura even needed to use magic in the classroom to begin with...but she simply bit her lip when she saw another Hufflepuff cast Aguamenti on the flames and Professor Hadley continued the lesson.

How was Arithmancy practical? Um...first of all it was number based, so that already made it practical in its own right. There were no dream dictionaries with wishy washy things like 'seeing a cup in your dream means that death is coming for you.' Because, you know, everything seemed to be some omen of impending doom or whatever. Numbers were solid, unchanging, PRACTICAL.

After waiting a moment, Kurumi raised her hand. "What has always made Arithmancy seem so practical to me is that it is numbers. Human error aside, no matter how you add or subtract them you are going to find an answer - a concrete answer," Kurumi began. "You can use it to not only find out more about one's strengths and weaknesses, but also the best date for certain events or times when you yourself should attempt to accomplish things. Like when we calculated our Personal Year, Month, and Day numbers." Kurumi could have kept going because she did have a lot to say about Arithmancy - seeing as it was one of her favorites - but she lowered her hand for the time being.

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

Well, Cassia hated how she was sitting there like a wallflower linking at what people were saying and raising eyebrows when hearing pieces of info for the first time.It was a good idea after all taking this lesson. But sitting there while doing nothing and saying nothing is so stupid. Professor Hadley may not even know that Cassia was here!

So she ordered herself to think hard in an attempt to say something. She must know anything about numbers and everyday life, Right? Everybody does!

The second-year finally raised her hand and spoke, "We use numbers all the day ." Eh...That's a start. "And considering Arithmancy is all about numbers so we might even be practicing it without realizing that." Hopefully she wasn't saying anything that didn't make sense."For example if we want to calculate time to see how much time is left for something....it's somehow about both numbers and the future.." She said. Well, she couldn't think of any other example.

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Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Sutton was shocked when Professor Hadley had given her points. Literally shocked. She had been sure that she was about to lose points for disrupting class, but Professor Hadley must have thought tat Laura and her book getting a little wet were better than the whole desk catching on fire.

Smiling in an embarrassed way, Sutton raised her hand to actually answer this question now that she knew a little more about what Arithmancy WAS. "Professor Hadley, this is my first year of Arithmancy, obviously, but from what people were saying... Could these numbers maybe, like, help you understand your personality? And so in everyday life, that could help you a lot! Like... it might help you understand how you naturally relate to people, and so that could help improve your communication between you and that other person?" she sort asked/answered.

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Originally Posted by DeathEater1

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Please help this poor soul!!

Cardigan was lost, and didn't have an idea in the world on what to say about this question. She should've payed more attention last year!!! Clueless, clueless, clueless...

Everyone else was saying stuff like personality and all that jazz, and the time. Humph. Why wasn't she more interested in this subject... She would just have to improvise of what everyone else said... Sigh.

.....WAIT.

"We have...birthdays, for instance. They use all different numbers! It's also kind of a future thing, because of zodiacs. You have to know your birth month and your birth day to get your sign. Then there are these things called horoscopes that use zodiac signs to tell you a little about yourself, a little bit of a prediction, maybe." Cardugan said, after raising her hand.

Not bad, Cardigan, not bad.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Jory raised his hand again. "When we calculate any Number, it tells us about our selves,'' he began. "If there are negative impacts on us, like a bad trait we haven't realised as yet but others have, we can try to get rid of it.''

Well, that's what he would have done, anyway.

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Originally Posted by FireboltSword

Befelda is still new to Arithmancy. But she has a little bit of knowledge about the numbers and the future which she has read in her early years at home. She quickly raised her hand.

"Professor, what I know is that Arithmancy can be used thru knowing our numbers. By knowing them, we can use it in our daily lives. We can know what our future holds. Just like lucky numbers. Everybody has their lucky numbers everyday. Once we get to know them, we could use them for our daily lifestyle, and this will lead us to what our future will bring."Befelda was quite uncertain on how she constructed her reasoning but does know exactly what she wants to point out.

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Originally Posted by ashfig

Cora was fascinated by the idea of Arithmancy. She knew about it, but couldn't decide. It was numbers, which she LOVED, and understanding people, which she did not. She could not decide how she felt on the subject, but as always was excited to learn more.

"Numbers are everywhere," Cora started quietly, twirling a curl of her brown hair like always. "There is so much that is practical about using them to discover futures and things. If you know when the best time for an event is, you can plan appropriately." Cora was not sure yet whether she truly believed that numbers were the key to figuring out futures and compatibilities. But she WANTED to believe, so she continued to listen to everyone's responses.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel had to think about this question. He did like the answer about the lottery and stuff.

"Well, Professor. If you're going to make a love potion. It be helpful to know what day they're more likely to drink it."

Not that Nigel would ever do this. But it was a evil and genius idea.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

This class was already giving her a headache. Everything that she could think of somebody had already said. It was pretty much fortune telling right? Only supposedly this was not guess work because numbers didn't lie. Hannah wasn't so sure about that but she keep the comments to herself.

She jotted down some things because she was paying attention and all and she knew that she was going to need all the help that she could get in this class. "Professor if you know how a day might turn out you can be ready and plan things accordingly." That was about all that she could say about that. At least she had participated that counted for something right?

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva really wasn't sure of the answer. She thought of it for a second then put up her hand, "Professor, like I can't remember which lesson it was, but we learned about our own personal traits. Which I do remember being surprised on how much it really did hit my personality. Seeing this could help us learn more about ourselves and how to better our lives and ways." She hoped that was what she was meaning at least.

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

Pffft. Elliot had no clue what to say! Merlin. She tapped her quill a bit on her desk, and..thought? When COULD someone use this in real life? Is that what the professor was even asking?

Gurrrr.

She raised her hand, though, deciding to give it..her best shot. "Well, since Arithmancy is the prediction of patterns, couldn't it help you decide when to best take someone on a date..?" She blushed a bit..."Since it will most likely tell when a certain person will likely with in the best of moods." Did that make sense AT ALL?!

Eh, who cares? Elliot did..!

Hadley just listened as the students babbled off answers about how one could use someone's strengths and weaknesses and talents. "All that is well and true, yes, but is it practical to expect to calculate someone's numbers every time you wanted to find information about someone or something?" Hadley challenged, as she turned toward the Ravenclaw captain bringing quidditch up....

SPOILER!!: quidditch talk

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Originally Posted by sarahlooo

... Okay, Milton was lost already. He knew what the very basics of arithmancy was because he just so happened to read the class description, but he was already getting confused. And... awestruck. Numbers could tell you about certain people's personalities?

Kurumi's and Vivi's answers made him STARE. "Now hold on a minute," he said to both of them and looked at Hadley to confirm his suspicion. "You're telling me that with numbers, I can figure out the best time to spy on other quidditch teams AND figure out their tactics?" Because that was what Milton's brain filter said.

There was a match in a few days, he obviously had quidditch on the brain. And... nothing IN the brain.

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Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh

How to use Arithmancy in everyday life? Pretty simple wasn't it? You used it to get expectancy as to what would happen in your near or not so near future. Wasn't it? That's how Nessie thought of it, she also thought that Arithmancy helped you found out who you were as a person. It would tell you things about yourself that you never realized before and sometimes didn't even believe.

This was all what she would have answered, but when someone a few seats away from her spoke, she paused and pouted as she thought some more. Milton had a good answer and even if it was not very like her, she agreed with him. ~~Which may have been because she still wanted to spy on Dylan.~~

"Yeah, Professor can we do what Milton said?" she gave him a small rude look. Mhhm. If he wanted to compete with spying and all then she was in, no problem at all. "I mean Arithmancy does guide you as to what is going to happen, and it does tell you what people are like. So wouldn't it be able to guide you with quidditch things too?" It should. Right?

The captain looked at the Professor and waited for an answer.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the professor and then put her wand away before looking at the Professor and answering the question. "Professor it tells you all about numbers so maybe you can use Arithmancy to win the lottery or win in a Quidditch Match." Laura smiled, had anyone actually tried that before.

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Originally Posted by Poolicious

What are some practical uses for Arithmancy? Hmm..

Messer was going to say Life Path Number but Ella was preceded him. Darn!

Then he heard the Ravenclaw Captain said something about numbers can figure out other Quidditch teams tactics. Now that got his full attention. His eyes went from the Captain to Kurumi while they're doing a little discussion about that matter. He decided to listen to them while waiting what Professor Hadley would say since he's never really good with Arithmancy.

Listening to the banter back and forth a moment, she slowly nodded. "Yes, technically speaking, you can use Arithmancy to determine lottery numbers or the best days to spy on quidditch opponents, but I do NOT, under any circumstances advocate that you do so." She let this set for a moment, before adding quietly, "However, what I don't know..." But no, she wasn't going to advocate to cheating or spying on tactics...

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah was going to say baby naming... then she remembered that one did not usually name a baby everyday... so she skimmed through her textbook until she saw something that caught her eye. She raised her hand and said "curse breaking" she was not going to provide more information because that was all the textbook provided...

Meanwhile she wrote some notes

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Originally Posted by nups21

Ira listened to others answer and Professor, as she doodled on her blank parchment. Not that she was getting bored, the class was just not interesting enough yet. Maybe it would be?? Yep, knowing Hadley, it would. Because Ira always ended up enjoying Arithmancy lessons!

So.. practical uses. Were there any? Ira liked the subject, but that didn't mean that she actually considered it useful. Because she herself didn't use Arithmancy stuff in daily life. She listened to others answer before her.. finding love, quidditch. Wait. Quidditch? Ira sat up a bit straighter and listened to Kurumi & Milton exchange their views. Really? Hmm..

Ira raised her hand up and answered, "I have read that, Arithmancy is useful for the Curse Breakers. Some curses are based on the magical properties of numbers and their meanings, so I think, it makes sense that you would need the magical meaning of numbers in order to break those curses. Which means Arithmancy." Though Ira had never seen someone break a curse using this method, but still.. She HAD read it somewhere. Maybe it meant that using Arithmancy for a spell would heighten its effect? Or reduce it even? Oh yeah.. then the possibilities could be endless if it was true...

OH finally there were some students thinking outside the box in terms of practicality! Beaming at the two young Gryffindors, she nodded. "Curse breaking is INDEED one of the main professions that uses the magical properties of numbers. And I don't know about you, but I can't think of much more practical uses of numbers than in curse breaking. And cryptic codes."

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Originally Posted by Leeness

Elijah really hated this class, and even bringing his canary yellow abacus with him for show had lost it's novelty after last term. He quickly raised his hand as the Professor asked her next question, sure that he could at least answer this one, "I use Arithmancy to work out whether or not I am too young for a hot girl ~~or woman~~. The forumla is, you take the older person's age, divide by two and then add seven. That's the youngest person they can make out with. It's basic Arthimancy, really," Elijah had NOT been thinking about Professor GORGEOUSface from COMC at alllll. Nope.

Before Fina went on though about cryptic messages, she heard what Elijah had to say about practical uses for Arithmancy and frowned. "That's not Arithmancy, and I would prefer if you keep discussions of romantic pairings outside my classroom. Or better yet, outside the castle walls." And that was ALL she was going to say about that discussion.

Back to the class at hand.

"So first, before we talk about breaking curses, which if we don't get to that this lesson, then we have the whole term..." Hadley continued. "We need to know what is a curse? And how to recognize when someone or something has been cursed. So what's a curse?"

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He shook his head slightly to end his mental mini rant and began to determine Arithmancy's practical uses. With each point, he jotted down a quick phrase on his parchment. Right. Time to share with the class. Hand up, he said, "Well, I think that the insights you learn about yourself can be very practically applied. Like... Say you find your Soul Urge or Personality Number. That gives you an objective look at who you are-- both your strengths and your weaknesses." He cleared his throat before continuing. "So rather than paying a lot of money for a counselor or having a friend say hurtful things, you can find out what areas of your life you need to improve in." So practical personality analysis, basically. Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon The first year still wasn't quite sure that she was grasping the concept entirely, but she raised her hand to answer the professor's question. At first the thought of picking certain types of people for certain jobs made sense to her, but she quickly saw how frightening and controlling of an idea that was. We are not ants or bees, Eliza! she scolded herself. Once she was called upon, she gave a somewhat better answer, "Professor, if we know more about ourselves based on our number, um, readings...we could be mindful of traits we have that maybe we want to work on." She wondered if this was at all what Hadley had meant. "For example, if someone had it spelled out for them they had a mean streak, they could make a conscious effort to soften it." There were probably far better answers and she was a little sheepish about the thought that had come to her mind. She scrunched her face and almost winced as she waited to hear what the professor had to say. I really need to pay attention in this class, sheesh. She hoped she'd get the hang of the subject sooner than later. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella cringed when Laura's set of notes caught fire, her green eyes growing wide. EEP. That definitely wasn't good. She was thankful that another student had stepped up to help, not wanting Laura to get burnt or anything. That would have been bad. How is Arithmancy practical? Hmm. Ella wasn't exactly sure how to answer this. Her specialties included making ice cream sundaes and giving out gummy worms, not numbers. She took a moment to consider the question though, wanting to give it a shot. "Well Professor, the Life Path number has to do with your talents and the path you're meant to take to find success..." Which Hadley already knew, yeah? "And this can be useful in everyday life because once you discover the number, you can maybe focus your attention in those areas that you know will help you succeed on that path." Yeah, yeah that didn't sound so bad, right? "Like if your path suggested that you would be good in the field of like...health or something...you could maybe spend more time studying that area." Yeah, so maybe not the best answer in the world but Ella hoped it made some kind of sense. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin To be fair, Vivi thought that divination was pretty much bunk. She liked Arithmancy for the ways that it made sense and ordered things that generally didn't seem to have much order. She could see how it shed light on what already was, but it was the predictive quality she found fault with. But still... Vivi raised her hand. "Having a basic understanding of Arithmancy will allow you access to understanding a person better - their motives, strengths, and weaknesses - needing only their name or birthdate or something." Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Writing down some more notes, Kurumi's nose twitched when she smelled smoke...and then there was fire? Okay, the first thought was why Laura even needed to use magic in the classroom to begin with...but she simply bit her lip when she saw another Hufflepuff cast Aguamenti on the flames and Professor Hadley continued the lesson. How was Arithmancy practical? Um...first of all it was number based, so that already made it practical in its own right. There were no dream dictionaries with wishy washy things like 'seeing a cup in your dream means that death is coming for you.' Because, you know, everything seemed to be some omen of impending doom or whatever. Numbers were solid, unchanging, PRACTICAL. After waiting a moment, Kurumi raised her hand. "What has always made Arithmancy seem so practical to me is that it is numbers. Human error aside, no matter how you add or subtract them you are going to find an answer - a concrete answer," Kurumi began. "You can use it to not only find out more about one's strengths and weaknesses, but also the best date for certain events or times when you yourself should attempt to accomplish things. Like when we calculated our Personal Year, Month, and Day numbers." Kurumi could have kept going because she did have a lot to say about Arithmancy - seeing as it was one of her favorites - but she lowered her hand for the time being. Quote: Originally Posted by the fastest seeker Well, Cassia hated how she was sitting there like a wallflower linking at what people were saying and raising eyebrows when hearing pieces of info for the first time.It was a good idea after all taking this lesson. But sitting there while doing nothing and saying nothing is so stupid. Professor Hadley may not even know that Cassia was here! So she ordered herself to think hard in an attempt to say something. She must know anything about numbers and everyday life, Right? Everybody does! The second-year finally raised her hand and spoke, "We use numbers all the day ." Eh...That's a start. "And considering Arithmancy is all about numbers so we might even be practicing it without realizing that." Hopefully she wasn't saying anything that didn't make sense."For example if we want to calculate time to see how much time is left for something....it's somehow about both numbers and the future.." She said. Well, she couldn't think of any other example. Quote: Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter Sutton was shocked when Professor Hadley had given her points. Literally shocked. She had been sure that she was about to lose points for disrupting class, but Professor Hadley must have thought tat Laura and her book getting a little wet were better than the whole desk catching on fire. Smiling in an embarrassed way, Sutton raised her hand to actually answer this question now that she knew a little more about what Arithmancy WAS. "Professor Hadley, this is my first year of Arithmancy, obviously, but from what people were saying... Could these numbers maybe, like, help you understand your personality? And so in everyday life, that could help you a lot! Like... it might help you understand how you naturally relate to people, and so that could help improve your communication between you and that other person?" she sort asked/answered. Quote: Originally Posted by DeathEater1 ......... Please help this poor soul!! Cardigan was lost, and didn't have an idea in the world on what to say about this question. She should've payed more attention last year!!! Clueless, clueless, clueless... Everyone else was saying stuff like personality and all that jazz, and the time. Humph. Why wasn't she more interested in this subject... She would just have to improvise of what everyone else said... Sigh. .....WAIT. "We have...birthdays, for instance. They use all different numbers! It's also kind of a future thing, because of zodiacs. You have to know your birth month and your birth day to get your sign. Then there are these things called horoscopes that use zodiac signs to tell you a little about yourself, a little bit of a prediction, maybe." Cardugan said, after raising her hand. Not bad, Cardigan, not bad. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory raised his hand again. "When we calculate any Number, it tells us about our selves,'' he began. "If there are negative impacts on us, like a bad trait we haven't realised as yet but others have, we can try to get rid of it.'' Well, that's what he would have done, anyway. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltSword Befelda is still new to Arithmancy. But she has a little bit of knowledge about the numbers and the future which she has read in her early years at home. She quickly raised her hand. "Professor, what I know is that Arithmancy can be used thru knowing our numbers. By knowing them, we can use it in our daily lives. We can know what our future holds. Just like lucky numbers. Everybody has their lucky numbers everyday. Once we get to know them, we could use them for our daily lifestyle, and this will lead us to what our future will bring."Befelda was quite uncertain on how she constructed her reasoning but does know exactly what she wants to point out. Quote: Originally Posted by ashfig Cora was fascinated by the idea of Arithmancy. She knew about it, but couldn't decide. It was numbers, which she LOVED, and understanding people, which she did not. She could not decide how she felt on the subject, but as always was excited to learn more. "Numbers are everywhere," Cora started quietly, twirling a curl of her brown hair like always. "There is so much that is practical about using them to discover futures and things. If you know when the best time for an event is, you can plan appropriately." Cora was not sure yet whether she truly believed that numbers were the key to figuring out futures and compatibilities. But she WANTED to believe, so she continued to listen to everyone's responses. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel had to think about this question. He did like the answer about the lottery and stuff. "Well, Professor. If you're going to make a love potion. It be helpful to know what day they're more likely to drink it." Not that Nigel would ever do this. But it was a evil and genius idea. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar This class was already giving her a headache. Everything that she could think of somebody had already said. It was pretty much fortune telling right? Only supposedly this was not guess work because numbers didn't lie. Hannah wasn't so sure about that but she keep the comments to herself. She jotted down some things because she was paying attention and all and she knew that she was going to need all the help that she could get in this class. "Professor if you know how a day might turn out you can be ready and plan things accordingly." That was about all that she could say about that. At least she had participated that counted for something right? Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva really wasn't sure of the answer. She thought of it for a second then put up her hand, "Professor, like I can't remember which lesson it was, but we learned about our own personal traits. Which I do remember being surprised on how much it really did hit my personality. Seeing this could help us learn more about ourselves and how to better our lives and ways." She hoped that was what she was meaning at least. Quote: Originally Posted by kayquilz Pffft. Elliot had no clue what to say! Merlin. She tapped her quill a bit on her desk, and..thought? When COULD someone use this in real life? Is that what the professor was even asking? Gurrrr. She raised her hand, though, deciding to give it..her best shot. "Well, since Arithmancy is the prediction of patterns, couldn't it help you decide when to best take someone on a date..?" She blushed a bit..."Since it will most likely tell when a certain person will likely with in the best of moods." Did that make sense AT ALL?! Eh, who cares? Elliot did..! Hadley just listened as the students babbled off answers about how one could use someone's strengths and weaknesses and talents. "All that is well and true, yes, but is it practical to expect to calculate someone's numbers every time you wanted to find information about someone or something?" Hadley challenged, as she turned toward the Ravenclaw captain bringing quidditch up.... SPOILER!!: quidditch talk Quote: Originally Posted by sarahlooo ... Okay, Milton was lost already. He knew what the very basics of arithmancy was because he just so happened to read the class description, but he was already getting confused. And... awestruck. Numbers could tell you about certain people's personalities? Kurumi's and Vivi's answers made him STARE. "Now hold on a minute," he said to both of them and looked at Hadley to confirm his suspicion. *"You're telling me that with numbers, I can figure out the best time to spy on other quidditch teams AND figure out their tactics?"* Because that was what Milton's brain filter said. There was a match in a few days, he obviously had quidditch on the brain. And... nothing IN the brain. Quote: Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh How to use Arithmancy in everyday life? Pretty simple wasn't it? You used it to get expectancy as to what would happen in your near or not so near future. Wasn't it? That's how Nessie thought of it, she also thought that Arithmancy helped you found out who you were as a person. It would tell you things about yourself that you never realized before and sometimes didn't even believe. This was all what she would have answered, but when someone a few seats away from her spoke, she paused and pouted as she thought some more. Milton had a good answer and even if it was not very like her, she agreed with him. ~~Which may have been because she still wanted to spy on Dylan.~~ "Yeah, Professor can we do what Milton said?" she gave him a small rude look. Mhhm. If he wanted to compete with spying and all then she was in, no problem at all. "I mean Arithmancy does guide you as to what is going to happen, and it does tell you what people are like. So wouldn't it be able to guide you with quidditch things too?" It should. Right? The captain looked at the Professor and waited for an answer. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the professor and then put her wand away before looking at the Professor and answering the question. "Professor it tells you all about numbers so maybe you can use Arithmancy to win the lottery or win in a Quidditch Match." Laura smiled, had anyone actually tried that before. Quote: Originally Posted by Poolicious What are some practical uses for Arithmancy? Hmm.. Messer was going to say Life Path Number but Ella was preceded him. Darn! Then he heard the Ravenclaw Captain said something about numbers can figure out other Quidditch teams tactics. Now that got his full attention. His eyes went from the Captain to Kurumi while they're doing a little discussion about that matter. He decided to listen to them while waiting what Professor Hadley would say since he's never really good with Arithmancy. Listening to the banter back and forth a moment, she slowly nodded. *"Yes, technically speaking, you can* use Arithmancy to determine lottery numbers or the best days to spy on quidditch opponents, but I do NOT, under any circumstances advocate that you do so." She let this set for a moment, before adding quietly, "However, what I don't know..." But no, she wasn't going to advocate to cheating or spying on tactics... Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah was going to say baby naming... then she remembered that one did not usually name a baby everyday... so she skimmed through her textbook until she saw something that caught her eye. She raised her hand and said "curse breaking" she was not going to provide more information because that was all the textbook provided... Meanwhile she wrote some notes Quote: Originally Posted by nups21 Ira listened to others answer and Professor, as she doodled on her blank parchment. Not that she was getting bored, the class was just not interesting enough yet. Maybe it would be?? Yep, knowing Hadley, it would. Because Ira always ended up enjoying Arithmancy lessons! So.. practical uses. Were there any? Ira liked the subject, but that didn't mean that she actually considered it useful. Because she herself didn't use Arithmancy stuff in daily life. She listened to others answer before her.. finding love, quidditch. Wait. Quidditch? Ira sat up a bit straighter and listened to Kurumi & Milton exchange their views. Really? Hmm.. Ira raised her hand up and answered, "I have read that, Arithmancy is useful for the Curse Breakers. Some curses are based on the magical properties of numbers and their meanings, so I think, it makes sense that you would need the magical meaning of numbers in order to break those curses. Which means Arithmancy." Though Ira had never seen someone break a curse using this method, but still.. She HAD read it somewhere. Maybe it meant that using Arithmancy for a spell would heighten its effect? Or reduce it even? Oh yeah.. then the possibilities could be endless if it was true... OH finally there were some students thinking outside the box in terms of practicality! Beaming at the two young Gryffindors, she nodded. "Curse breaking is INDEED one of the main professions that uses the magical properties of numbers. And I don't know about you, but I can't think of much more practical uses of numbers than in curse breaking. And cryptic codes." Quote: Originally Posted by Leeness Elijah really hated this class, and even bringing his canary yellow abacus with him for show had lost it's novelty after last term. He quickly raised his hand as the Professor asked her next question, sure that he could at least answer this one, "I use Arithmancy to work out whether or not I am too young for a hot girl ~~or woman~~. The forumla is, you take the older person's age, divide by two and then add seven. That's the youngest person they can make out with. It's basic Arthimancy, really," Elijah had NOT been thinking about Professor GORGEOUSface from COMC at alllll. Nope. Before Fina went on though about cryptic messages, she heard what Elijah had to say about practical uses for Arithmancy and frowned. "That's not Arithmancy, and I would prefer if you keep discussions of romantic pairings outside my classroom. Or better yet, outside the castle walls." And that was ALL she was going to say about that discussion. Back to the class at hand. "So first, before we talk about breaking curses, which if we don't get to that this lesson, then we have the whole term..." Hadley continued. "We need to know what is a curse? And how to recognize when someone or something has been cursed. So what's a curse?"** __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯