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Text Cut: Agatha Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey Ju  .....
Agatha wasn't sure whether to be suspicious or simply curious about this new teacher. She had seen her before at the Feast, but nowhere else. She wouldn't even remember the woman's name if it wasn't for the note on the board.
The Slytherin listened to the explanation about professor Domingo and raised an eyebrow. No longer with them? ...Cooperating with the Ministry? Alright, Agatha was definitely suspicious now. Professor Tanner was here to 'fill the void'. Did she know Arithmancy any more than they did, at least? That wouldn't be much, in Agatha's case.
Hm. They would see what this new professor knew soon enough. The fourth year didn't have a clue as to what they had covered before because she never really fully understood Arithmancy. Oh, she did remember ONE thing. "We once talked about how numbers are male and female." Which sounded like a lot of rubbish, to be fair, but hey, Agatha was just saying out loud what they had learned before from the Spanish lady.
Oh good, participation! That had actually been a grave fear of hers, that they would all just stare at her blankly and offer no input. But it looked like that wouldn't be a problem after all. "Genders, good. Thank you, Miss Hapgood," she said with a nod.
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Originally Posted by Felixir Looking from the window to Tanner, Toby paused before letting a wider smile than before grace his features.
"Everything's fine, Professor," he replied, which was partly true at least. "Just... tired. Lots of studying, y'know? OWLs, and all." The Hufflepuff tapped the feathered end of his quill on the desk and went on smiling. He was cool, he was okay, he was ready to learn.
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Aaaaaand it was on with the show.
Mkay so, Domingo not here, something to do with the Ministry, something to do with the chorts. Toby was sort of phasing in and out, but he absolutely caught the part about how Tanner was gonna get them through to the exams. THAT was a relief. Arithmancy was hard, okay? But Toby trusted Professor Tanner.
As for what they'd been doing... uhh... Good question. Tobias wasn't sure he could remember, being that he had an unreliable memory as it was. He rifled through his parchment, in case he'd accidentally pulled some old class note out of his bag, but nope. The Hufflepuff decided to go with what he could vaguely remember of the past lessons, and raised his hand.
"We did something about life path numbers, more recently. Calculated and interpreted the numbers of people we admired." At least, he was pretty sure it was the life path number that they'd looked at. Like 72 percent sure.
Now that he mentioned it, Tobias did look tired. And stressed. She made a mental note to check in on him in a week or so. Tiara shot a look to Sophie, who sat right behind him. Perhaps she could offer him some encouragement.
She knew she could still count on Tobias to offer input. "Life Path, so you have covered at least some of the Core." But had they covered any of the rest before the unfortunate incident? "Got it, thank you."
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin Ian nodded at Toby's response. He raised his hand. she didn't do lots of instruction. Most of our lessons were using our textbook to find the answers as she provided direction. that was the way Ian saw it. It was his very first class and he'd learned very little. It could of course have something to do with his unhappiness with the way he felt treated by the horrid woman.
That wasn't exactly what she had been looking for. She had very little appreciation for complaints. However, she understood the need the vent frustration. In this spirit she decided not to address it. "I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. Please know that having students discover information on their own has been shown to be an effective teaching technique, so I'm sure Professor Domingo had a reason for her methods."
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Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor as she sat down. "Professor we learned how to study from a textbook." Angel said truthfully, that was what she had learnt anyway she had no idea what else she had learned because most of it did come from the books.
"A valuable skill, especially with examinations creeping up on us!" Why didn't more people help students with study skills? That sounded like a good idea from Domingo.
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Originally Posted by Mordred Found the right place? Well, he knows that he's inside the Arithmancy classroom, but he was rather...confused, perhaps intrigued, as to why she's teaching this class now, and not Professor Domingo? He heard rumors of course, but those can't be trusted unless he hears it from a reliable source.
Ethan subconsciously got his self-inking quill, and began to write the things that Professor Tanner was saying. Did she say...cooperating with the Ministry of Magic? Oh. Oh. This is big news. Was Simon listening??? Because they can finally close their own mini-investigation with this information!
Now, her first question. What did they learn from Professor Domingo? Agatha was the first to speak, and he decided to latch on to her answer. She did miss a few points, right? Hand up. "We learned about the Pythagoreans and their obsession with numbers, professor." That was one of her lessons that made his head ache. Arithmancy is a great class, but that topic was indeed challenging. For once, the answers couldn't be found in their textbooks.
She scribbled down what the Slytherin said on one of the numerous pieces of parchment in front of her. The list she had started with the previous answers was growing longer by the minute. "Ah, the Pythagoreans! A necessary focus, thank you Mr. Mordaunt." Good, so she didn't need to go down that path with them.
Text Cut: Penelope Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin Penelope was still struggling with the fact that Professor Tanner was the new arithmancy professor. Professor Domingo was gone? Did the former arithmancy professor have something to do with the chorts that had been at the school last year? Did Professor Tanner know anything about arithmancy?
Professor Tanner had asked what they had been covering in arithmancy, but all Penelope could say was, "You're the new arithmancy professor?" Everyone else could fill Professor Tanner in on what they had covered with Professor Domingo.
One of her eagles was obviously having trouble processing the change. "Yes, my dear," she said sweetly. "And I assure you I am up to the task." She may not have a degree in the field, but Arithmancy had been one of her best subjects as a Hogwarts student and it was one of her hobbies even today.
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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 So there it was. The things that Jasmine had heard were true. She couldn't believe that Professor Domingo had anything to do with the Chorts at Hogwarts last year. Well now Professor Tanner would be teaching them. Jasmine had been a little a lot worried about surviving her Arithmancy NEWTs. Hopefully everything would work out.
So Professor Tanner wanted to know what they had learned so far. Jasmine raised her hand and said, "We learned about the Reduction method". And some other things, but one answer was sufficient or now.
"Excellent." She scribbled this down as well. She also let out an internal sigh of relief. Tiara had been worried that no one had yet mentioned one of the most crucial aspects of Arithmancy. "Thank you, Miss Guidry."
Text Cut: Gabriel Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni ..........Gabriel didn't like change, usually...but with a familiar, but new, face in the classroom....his responding emotion was odd. Yes, professor Tanner was a girl...but he'd seen her enough to be completely desensitized...due to Ravenclaw common room reasons. So, good change, this was....The previous woman had loaded them down with ridiculous busy work and had spoken in a shoddy Spanish accent.
She wasn't, um, planning a return after the.....um, cooperation, was she?
He'd wanted to offer that the lady had been rude, too....but Toby, Ian, Ethan....and a girl from his house (Jasmine)....had it under control.
Gabe, instead, busied himself with his notebook; face down and cheeks pink.
She made another lap around the room as the students continued to offer answers. Tiara happened to glance at Gabriel, whose face was turning the color of a cherry. Was it warm in here? She pushed a window open as wide as it could go before proceeding back to the front.
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It looked like the students were done offering input, but she had a nice little list to give her a basic idea of what to build on for the rest of the year. " Thank you for sharing. That sounds like a fairly good foundation for us to work from." She hadn't heard anything mentioned about what she had planned for today, at least. They wouldn't be covering old information.
" From the little that was left behind, I gather that Professor Domingo was planning on addressing Master Numbers some time in the near future." Or at least she had found two words that translated to 'number masters' according to the English-Spanish dictionary she'd had to go into Inverness to find. " I'd rather not repeat any information you already know. So let's start with asking what you know about Master Numbers." Yes, another question about what they already knew. But really, in the position she'd been thrown into, this was vital information to have.
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