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PhoenixRising 
The next two though represented their house well, as they gave precisely the correct answer. "Yes. One point to each of you. The family name number is calculated by assigning each letter in the surname with the appropriate number, then adding those numbers together and reducing the sum to a single-digit, unless we get a Master Number, in which case we do not reduce. Can I have some volunteers please?" Professor Hadley asked, looking around the classroom. Ugh. They were all so exhausted. Pity.
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PhoenixRising "Ah yes, thank you all for that fine demonstration. And to the lovely Prefect Carmicheal for his fine interpretations. Fascinating, yes, how two of our heads of houses have the same family name number." Er. Did she say that already? Whoops.
"Anyway, resume your seats and go ahead and calculate your own family name numbers and their interpretations on your parchments." And then we'll move onto the mini adventure... the last part of the lesson.
Luin smiled as the professor said her answer was correct, although she was a bit slow on the uptake to by a volunteer. She shrugged and then start to calculate her family number;
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Originally Posted by Parchment
C-E-L-E-B-R-I-N-D-A-L
3+5+3+5+2+9+9+5+4+1+3 = 49
4 + 9 = 13
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1 + 3 = 4
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FOUR (4): You inherit a belief that hard work is the right way to work, a sense of cautiousness, thoroughness, and self-discipline.
Hm, well four did seem to work, although she wasn't sure if she had done it right. She shrugged and then looked over her list of pros and cons for biological and chosen family.
SPOILER!!: Pros/Cons
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Biological Family:
Pros:
- Support: emotionally and (sometimes) monetarily
- blood ties
- Always there for you, even if you don't want them to
- Don't need to be friends, just need to be there
Cons:
- Over-protectiveness
- no choice: if you don't get along, you can't get away
- Press you into doing things you don't want to do
- some quite odd characters
Other Family (Friends)
Pros:
- You can choose them
- same like/dislikes
- You can avoid them easier
- actually want to be there for you
Cons:
- They can decide to not be your friend
- harder to make amends
- come from different background, so different views/opinions
- can be bad influences