SPOILER!!: zeProf
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PhoenixRising 
*** Right then. Now that they had some ideas and views about types of families that existed in the world .... "Family comes from the Latin word, familia and in essence it is a group of people affiliated in some way or another, either by co-inhabiting the same residence, biologically related through marriage, or sometimes even friendships can be construed as a family." Hadley paused a moment. "Families, yes, while traditionally speaking they are a mother, father, and children.... as your basic nuclear family, can be anything. They can be your role models. They can be your teammates. Your housemates. Your neighbors. Your pets. Family is, really anything you want it to be. It's not just about living under the same roof and sharing DNA, but it's about affiliation. Connection. Mutual love and respect for one another."
She paused again, looking around the room. "So before we get to the calculations involved in today's lesson, I want you to write your own surname down on your parchment and come up with a word or phrase for each each letter in your surname. In an acrostic style. Something that you think is important to you or your family. I'll put an example of my own name on the board."
Heartwarming
An Italian
Deliberate in actions
Lovely. Most of the time.
Even can relate to you.
Your turn now!
ooc: so yea, do a line-down acrostic with your surnames and traits that YOU think your character's family holds. No numbers .... yet. You'll have ... until sometime tomorrow, the 16th to work on this. At least 8 hours ....
Admittedly when the Arithmancy Professor started speaking about
family the first thought that entered Vicker's head was the taxonomic ranking. Perhaps it had something to do with the recent nature of many of their classes. Or maybe its just how the Ravenclaw's brain is wired.
He started scribbling his last name down on the parchment, filling in a few letters randomly. Acrostics wasnt his strongest suite, hence his choosing another option for Muggle Studies. From time to time he would look towards the windows trying to find words that can describe his family without it sounding self-serving. Finally it was the words his grandmother kept repeating over and over to him, drilling in him the "Vanderbilt Virtues" that she says was essential to preserving the reputation of their ancestry.