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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
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Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year |  Cheesy Mac
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Originally Posted by MidnightSilver "Morning, everyone!" Ella exclaimed, ready to bring many house points to her house. With a flip of her brown hair, she sat herself in one of many desks. "Sorry if I'm late," she said quietly, smiling.
"Hey, Jake!" she called, recognizing the pink fluff. She waved. Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieGinnyFan Ginny ran in the classroom.''Hello everyone!Sorry If I'm late!''..she found a seat and she sat quickly... Quote:
Originally Posted by MidnightSilver Ella smiled back. "You a first year too?" she asked quietly. Professor Shackleton's eyes narrowed as two students entered her classroom late and then announced their tardiness and one even tried talking in the middle of her lesson! She addressed them both, "Tardiness is unacceptable in my classroom, as is making a spectacle of your late arrival. I'm deducting two points from Gryffindor for your tardiness, a modest amount since it is the first day of class. And another point from Gryffindor for Ms. Westwick's continual disruptions. Chatting while I am holding my lesson is not allowed. If you wish to be social, do it on your own time. Now please get out your textbooks and direct your attention to my lesson."
Macadrian really hated having to be strict because she is normally such a kind-hearted person, but she had a job to do and that included disciplinary actions when necessary. Quote:
Originally Posted by Herminny  Herminny instantly raised her hand and said, "Arithmancy is the study of occult meanings in numbers and how they apply to human life". Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana When the professor officially started the lesson, LouAnn sat up straight and paid close attention to what was being said. Seeing that she only had a short amount of time to be a student here at Hogwarts, she wanted to make the most of everything, classes included. Professor Shackleton-Clark seemed like she had a huge list of qualifications, too, from being a cursebreaker to officiating Gobstones. LouAnn was pretty impressed by the woman standing before her.
Slowly, she raised her hand to answer. She hadn't read the textbook, or even thought about reading it for that matter, but her mother had done a bit of Arithmancy with her while LouAnn was being home-schooled. "Arithmancy deals with numbers and their magical aspects. We can study the numbers and figure out what they mean for us," she said. "Very good. Two points to Gryffindor." Quote:
Originally Posted by ##Hermione&Draco## Kyle Spoke,"Actually its the Studying Of occult meanings of numbers of means of dividing their influence of Human life. Meaning of Our own Life so these called,"Numbers" may help us to describe as so much toward the date of our birthday or organization of plans we have during the day to makes us well organized." Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoerawrr Jake raised his hand as he looked at the professor, shaking back his sleeve as he did so. "Professor, to quote the book exactly 'Arithmancy is the branch of magic studying the occult meanings of numbers as a means of divining their influence on human life', but what that basically means is... I think... the way certain numbers to do with your name or birthdate, have an impact on someone's life or future. So you learn about yourself, like you said, and have an idea about the future and stuff."
He lowered his hand, biting on his lip. He soooooo couldn't remember the first Arithmancy class he'd had where they learnt what the book meant. "Also correct. Two points to the Badgers!" Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_faerie ]
Nodding automatically to Professor Shackleton, Rachel forced herself not to delve into the door Shackleton had just opened by mentioning Rachel's summer. No, that was something she was not supposed to think of.
Starting class? Perfect. As distractions go, Arithmancy was certainly one of the best. The sixth year rummaged in her bag for a few moments before finding the things she needed, and then spent a ridiculously long time arranging them on her desk, beside the parchmenys that Shackleton had laid out.
Time for the lesson to start!
Annnnd.. It did.
Shackleton-Clark? Rachel committed that little fact to memory and wondered if they'd still be allowed to call her just Shackleton. She hoped so since the extra Clark made the already long name even longer.
Opening her book, Rachel decided to allow others to answer this question... It was only fair - right?
Eh, what the heck. "Arithmancy is the study of numbers and what they mean for us. These numbers usually represent the values of letters in various words that have to do with us as well as dates of our birth." "Absolutely right, Ms. Rider. One point to Ravenclaw."
Macadrian addressed the class, "As your classmates have stated, Arithmancy is the study how the numbers in our names and our birth dates affect our lives through their very significant magical properties. Each number has its own energy, whether high or low, and the combined effects of these energies impact who we are and how we live."
Professor Shackleton stepped forward and picked up a leather journal off her own desk, though her journal was not nearly as new as the ones placed before the students. "Each of you has been given a journal, in which I want you to record your Arithmancy Profile. For every calculation we do in this class this year, next year, and until you graduate from Hogwarts, I'd like for you to record it in this journal, so that you may have a complete profile by the time you leave these walls. And with that complete profile, I hope you also achieve a more complete understanding of who you are and how your numbers relate to influence your life. For those students who are already in their later years at Hogwarts, you are already equipped with the knowledge to calculate a rather lengthy profile and I hope that you will enter your knowledge into your journal.
"Are there any questions before we continue with the lesson?"
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