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Amelia Adara
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Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
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Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da)
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
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Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor First Year
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Tiffany Rose
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|  YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict  Selina blushed at her Professors critic of her work. She had not realized they were not reducing. That would have saved her a lot of time and energy, but alas live and learn. Besides she needed the practice anyway so she was not going to complain.
Her quill went back down to her parchment and made the instructed changes. A now scratched up piece of parchment in hand Selina looked at Hadley and asked, "Is this what you meant ma'am?" Reading over the young Gryffindor's work again, Josephina nodded. "Yes dear, that exactly what I mean." She smiled warmly at her. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbles 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
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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 Perhaps she'd made a mistake.... But wait, no, another look back at Peyton's parchment and Josephina shook her head. "Yes dear, it was added correctly, but if you notice you have eight letters in your surname, only seven digits however were transcribed below." She said, pointing it out. "You missed the 'T', it seems." She nodded, hoping she'd see now what she meant. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian Okay, first, he'd relaxed way too much into his comfortable chair, and pretty much woke up when he noticed he was almost falling off of it. Probably not the best thing to do while studying Arithmancy, no? Nor Potions, that would be disastrous. So, the Hufflepuff straightened himself, and...
...and look! Hadley was walking over there to the front. Good. This meant, they were going to keep going. This meant, they were going to find out what this numbers had to do with anything.
Or...not.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!
Symbolism?! What the--He already knew how to do math, okay? And he knew how to assign numbers to letters, Hadley. This was so very uncalled for. And it was so clear on his face, as his mouth remained slightly open thanks to the shock of this important information. He frowned once he regained composure.
Though, perhaps Hadley was only doing this for the first years, yes? Okay, he could deal with that, it seemed fair.
And then he frowned AGAIN, there had been no similar or identical numbers in his calculations. Awesome.
He HAD to ask something, though, "I have one," he said, raising his hand, "Are we doing something else besides 'symbolism' in this lesson?"
Yes, he understood absolutely nothing of what Papergrams were. But, that shouldn't be something to be concerned about, Kurumi will explain him.  Looking toward the first of the students to ask a question, Josephina blinked at the Hufflepuff Prefect a few times.
"Do you have a problem with symbolism, Prefect Lockhart?" She asked, raising her eyebrow in challenge. Because if she didn't know any better, she actually considered that to be PLENTY for a lesson. SPOILER!!: Kurumi and Treyen Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi's cheeks flushed an even deeper shade and she nodded her head in appreciation. " T-T-Thank you Professor Hadley," she squeaked softly.
Kurumi glanced down at her parchment once more and scanned to see if any of her numbers had repeated.
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She didn't have any repeating numbers. She had several numbers in the twenties, but none that repeated as was. Even the final digits seemed to be all over the place.
" Professor Hadley?" she asked raising her hand. " Is the theory behind this related somewhat to Karmic Numbers? Meaning, if there are no repeated numbers that there is a negative energy around us or a lesson that we must learn?" Because...she needed many of them considering numbers 1 and 6 were the only two to be repeated in the final digit position. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian Her voice had a very soothing effect on him, but he was frowning a little at Kurumi's question. Why was she worrying about such a thing? Yes, Kurumi seemed to be worrying over NOT having repeated numbers on those calculations. And she had.
Treyen didn't even wait for Hadley to answer that, not that he knew the answer anyway, so, in reality, he never answered it, "I wouldn't worry if I were you, because you have two 29s in there," he said, gesturing towards her parchment.
It was he who needed to worry if the answer to Kurumi's question was a positive one, because he had no repeated numbers whatsoever. Hearing Kurumi's question, Josephina was about to answer when she heard a reply by Treyen. Listening she sighed as he didn't really answer her question at all. Only her own personal concerns. "These have nothing to do with Core Numbers, Karmic Numbers, or any other numbers that we've discussed thus far. Completely independent of who you are, with the exception that I had you practice with words that describe you." Did that help? She had a distinct feeling that it might have helped to clarify some future questions... Quote:
Originally Posted by Samira Malfoy Potter For possibly the first time ever, Samira was actually understanding the lesson. Somewhat. But then the Professor started talking and she was confused all over again. When the class was asked if they had any questions, Samira automatically raised her hand. She was still a little confused. "Professor? I'm a bit lost. Does this mean that words or sentences that are alike will have the same value?" Waaaah? Samira didn't even know if the question came out right. She hoped the professor understood what she meant, because at this point she was confusing herself. Hearing another question, Josephina shook her head. "Not sure I quite understand what you're asking, but what I've been trying to say really is that a Paragram is more of a literature type. You know how with some poetry tyes there is symmetry with syllables?" Fina asked, not waiting for an answer though. "With this, it's symmetry in the numerical value of each sentence." That ought to help clear things up. Maybe. SPOILER!!: Tayla Quote:
Originally Posted by affy7ann "Right, okay. I'll try again, professor," Tayla bent over her parchment again.
Tayla raised her hand again. "Excuse me, Professor Hadley! I think I got it now." Glancing over the Gryffindor's work, she nodded. "Yes, I do agree that you've got it now." Fina smiled, proud of the girl's accomplishment. She knew that the girl would get it, as she figured out most of the other values.
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Originally Posted by affy7ann Tayla raised her hand nervously, trying not to think of Josh possibly looking at her as she spoke. "Professor Hadley, so these numbers we've just calculated...are they just numbers? We can't find symbols in them?" Tayla furrowed her eyebrows in thought. "Do words and their numbers mean something only when the words are...compared? Like when they have the same number?" Tayla wasn't sure the professor understood her question. She wanted to do well, but this definitely wasn't her best subject. And then, it seemed Tayla had a question in which Josephina listened with increased interest. "Yes. These numbers are just numbers and have no connection to YOU whatsoever. They mean something when you're calculating a specific number, but for this sake, we were calculating simply to find numerical values to words. Reducing to a single digit wouldn't matter because it wasn't necessary to find the meaning associated with that word." Confusing, eh? Considering they were used to meanings and stuff associated with numbers. "By calculating numerical values for words and statements, it helps you see how symmetry can be developed, as a few of you saw in some of the words you picked. This will help you as you're writing later on."
Hmm. "If there are no further questions, then I'll distribute the homework..." she said, hazel eyes sweeping the room for more confused faces, or hopefully now understood.
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