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Deezerz · 05-14-2011, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Huh? "Yea, your calculations are off on your first two words... Baltazar and Red." The kids not getting their own last surnames correct worried her slightly for when they got to important stuff like their core numbers. Granted that lesson was for another day, but still.[/COLOR]

Making her way back up to the front of the room, "Right. So as I've just had you practice the process of transferring letters to numbers and thus to discover the numerical value of words and sentences, you're probably all wondering why or what is the meaning of this?" She paused, letting this sink in. "Honestly, compared to some of the other numbers we've calculated or WILL calculate in the future, there isn't much meaning to this so much as symbolism." Okay kids, throw stuff. Do it. Josephina could see it on their faces that they probably wanted to.

"Paragrams are more about symmetry, for instance, poetry with all lines having the same sum and construction of parallel passages. Some of you probably noticed during your calculations that some of your words ended up with the same values. That is exactly the kind of symmetry I'm talking about!" Hmm. Complicated much? It was about to get more so.

"Any questions?" She asked, glancing around the room. Because if they were all as beat as she was from the numbers, then she was game for assigning the homework and that was it.

Peyton's cheeks turned red when Professor Hadley said she had done her adding wrong on Baltazar and Red. Her eyes quickly scanned the parchment and...oh yeah, Red was done wrong, BUT Baltazar WAS correct. She raised an eyebrow and raised her hand. It was 25. "Professor Hadley, my last name was added correctly," she said, still adding the numbers. It was not wrong.

SPOILER!!: Peyton's Parchment Task #1&2

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Deezerz DMLE Mooncalf Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Camp Half-Blood Posts: 7,730 Hogwarts RPG Name: Violeta X. Escalante Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yulietta Escalante Slytherin Second Year x8	That's Rough Buddy \| Be the Flower \| Moon & Stars Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Huh? "Yea, your calculations are off on your first two words... Baltazar and Red." The kids not getting their own last surnames correct worried her slightly for when they got to important stuff like their core numbers. Granted that lesson was for another day, but still.[/COLOR] Making her way back up to the front of the room, "Right. So as I've just had you practice the process of transferring letters to numbers and thus to discover the numerical value of words and sentences, you're probably all wondering why or what is the meaning of this?" She paused, letting this sink in. *"Honestly, compared to some of the other numbers we've calculated or WILL calculate in the future, there isn't much meaning* to this so much as symbolism." Okay kids, throw stuff. Do it. Josephina could see it on their faces that they probably wanted to. "Paragrams are more about symmetry, for instance, poetry with all lines having the same sum and construction of parallel passages. Some of you probably noticed during your calculations that some of your words ended up with the same values. That is exactly the kind of symmetry I'm talking about!" Hmm. Complicated much? It was about to get more so. "Any questions?" She asked, glancing around the room. Because if they were all as beat as she was from the numbers, then she was game for assigning the homework and that was it. Peyton's cheeks turned red when Professor Hadley said she had done her adding wrong on Baltazar and Red. Her eyes quickly scanned the parchment and...oh yeah, Red was done wrong, BUT Baltazar WAS correct. She raised an eyebrow and raised her hand. It was 25. "Professor Hadley, my last name was added correctly," she said, still adding the numbers. It was not wrong. SPOILER!!*: Peyton's Parchment Task #1&2* Peyton Baltazar Arithmancy B A L T A Z A R 2+1+3+1+8+1+9= 25 R E D 9+5+4= 28 18 B U N N I E S 2+3+5+5+9+5+1= 30 L I T T L E 3+9+2+2+3+5= 24 Q U I D D I T C H 8+3+9+4+4+9+2+3+8= 50 --------------------------------------------------- 2nd Task Sentence: Peyton ca live eating ice cream forever! P E Y T O N 7+5+7+2+6+5= 32 C A N 3+1+5= 9 L I V E 3+9+4+5= 21 E A T I N G 5+1+2+9+5+7= 29 I C E 9+3+5= 17 C R E A M 3+9+5+1+4= 22 F O R E V E R 6+6+9+5+4+5+9= 44 32+9+21+29+17+22+44= 174 __________________