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Nixy! · 06-17-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Was it just her or did the turnout of kids these days seem to be smaller than usual. Oh nevermind, students attending lessons always seemed to dwindle as the year progressed. It was like, they couldn't be bothered attending so just one of the group of friends went and they'd share notes later.

"Right then, I guess we should just start now," Fina said, as she gave a quick wand flick and the door closed. "This lesson will be divided into a couple of parts, but hopefully shouldn't be too lengthy, though it all depends on interest, I suppose." Yup. If they looked they were about to fall into a deep slumber, then she'd have to end quicker than normal.

"To start, let's rattle off some of our own aspirations in life. What are some of your hopes and dreams? What do you hope to accomplish with your life?" Not that there was a number with a direct link that would tell them what they want...

Looking at the Professor as she started the lesson with a question of what they want to achieve in life. Iris listened to everyone elses answers before raising her own hand. Hmm. Her OWN aspirations. You'd think that as someone who was nearly 18, Iris would have some kind of idea. Like, a set out idea... but no. There were just several different ideas that were, well, there.

"I'd like to go travelling. I want to get to see everything in the world " But obviously that wouldn't take up her whole life. Well, maybe it would. She hoped not, though. There were too many other things to do here in England. "And when I was younger - like, before Hogwarts, younger - I used to want to own Floreans in Diagon Alley one day... That idea always kind of stuck with me." Yup. She wanted to own Floreans one day. Or the Leaky. Either, or; really.

Looking down at her paper for a moment, the Head Girl looked back up at the teacher. "But... they're only the smaller aspirations of mine, really ..." Did she really want to share this one? She imagined that people looked at Head Boys and Head Girls expecting them to want to become the Minister one day... and, well, you couldn't get further away from that idea. " - I want to be a mum one day. I want to have kids and a proper family. A big family..."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

"Right then. As you've heard, aspirations and dreams can vary in both importance, as well as short term versus long term. Some are also maybe more realistic than others as well." Hadley said looking around the room at each of their shining faces. Most of them were shining, maybe. "Two of the numbers we will be discussing today are indicators in which relate to you path to your great accomplishment. They speak of both the journey ahead and also what barriers you may face to get there. These numbers are, you may have guessed, the pinnacles and the challenges."

"We will discuss the pinnacles first. What are the pinnacles?" She looked around the room at the students again. "How many are there? Basically, tell me what you know about them ... with the exception of, I don't want to know how to find them just yet anyway." She paused.

The pinnacles? ... wow. They'd not been studied in class for YEARS.

Rasing her hand again, Iris offered her answer. "The pinnacles are "predictive indicators"... They tell us what we can achieve at a certain point of our lives, and what we're capable of achieving."To explain it with as little detail as possible. Nodding, Iris sighed as she tried to remember how many there were. "And ... there's four of them. Four pinnacles... with... nine... year cycles. I think."

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Nixy! Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11,282 x1 x2	Catching up. ^_______^ YOUR Nixy. \|\| Prefect Rainbows! \|\| Deniz'in Müzik Kardeşi SPOILER!!: Answering the first question 'cause I can. ^_^ Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Was it just her or did the turnout of kids these days seem to be smaller than usual. Oh nevermind, students attending lessons always seemed to dwindle as the year progressed. It was like, they couldn't be bothered attending so just one of the group of friends went and they'd share notes later. "Right then, I guess we should just start now," Fina said, as she gave a quick wand flick and the door closed. "This lesson will be divided into a couple of parts, but hopefully shouldn't be too lengthy, though it all depends on interest, I suppose." Yup. If they looked they were about to fall into a deep slumber, then she'd have to end quicker than normal. *"To start, let's rattle off some of our own aspirations in life. What are some of your hopes and dreams? What do you* hope to accomplish with your life?"** Not that there was a number with a direct link that would tell them what they want... Looking at the Professor as she started the lesson with a question of what they want to achieve in life. Iris listened to everyone elses answers before raising her own hand. Hmm. Her OWN aspirations. You'd think that as someone who was nearly 18, Iris would have some kind of idea. Like, a set out idea... but no. There were just several different ideas that were, well, there. "I'd like to go travelling. I want to get to see everything in the world " But obviously that wouldn't take up her whole life. Well, maybe it would. She hoped not, though. There were too many other things to do here in England. "And when I was younger - like, before Hogwarts, younger - I used to want to own Floreans in Diagon Alley one day... That idea always kind of stuck with me." Yup. She wanted to own Floreans one day. Or the Leaky. Either, or; really. Looking down at her paper for a moment, the Head Girl looked back up at the teacher. "But... they're only the smaller aspirations of mine, really ..." Did she really want to share this one? She imagined that people looked at Head Boys and Head Girls expecting them to want to become the Minister one day... and, well, you couldn't get further away from that idea. " - I want to be a mum one day. I want to have kids and a proper family. A big family..." Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising "Right then. As you've heard, aspirations and dreams can vary in both importance, as well as short term versus long term. Some are also maybe more realistic than others as well." Hadley said looking around the room at each of their shining faces. Most of them were shining, maybe. "Two of the numbers we will be discussing today are indicators in which relate to you path to your great accomplishment. They speak of both the journey ahead and also what barriers you may face to get there. These numbers are, you may have guessed, the pinnacles and the challenges." "We will discuss the pinnacles first. What are the pinnacles?" She looked around the room at the students again. *"How many are there? Basically, tell me what you know about them ... with the exception of, I don't want to know how to find them* just yet anyway."** She paused. The pinnacles? ... wow. They'd not been studied in class for YEARS. Rasing her hand again, Iris offered her answer. "The pinnacles are "predictive indicators"... They tell us what we can achieve at a certain point of our lives, and what we're capable of achieving."To explain it with as little detail as possible. Nodding, Iris sighed as she tried to remember how many there were. "And ... there's four of them. Four pinnacles... with... nine... year cycles. I think."