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PhoenixRising 
"As many of your classmates already mentioned, the growth number is calculated from the letters in your first name. Using the historical name that you used in calculating their family name, I want you to calculate that person's growth number." And she was pretty sure most of them knew their first names, with the exception of a few students which she already corrected and steered toward picking a different name.
Vickers found that interesting-- using two methods of calculating each half of the name. On the Professor's instruction, he drew out a fresh parchment and started computing the Growth number for Ollivander. After the bullseye discovery he had earlier with the Family name earlier, the Ravenclaw was quite curious what the first name might yield...
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G= 7
A= 1
R= 9
R= 9
I= 9
C= 3
K= 2
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total: 40
4+0= 4
FOUR (4): Your greatest growth will be around issues of fear and security.
Huh, would you look at that, Ollivander's first name ended up as another 4. The Ravenclaw looked up the growth number meaning for it and couldnt help but utter a whisper of surprise. Ollivander's reputation was built around creating exceptional wands, but perhaps his claim to the history books was that many of his creations were used in both the spreading of fear and the struggle for security, not to mention that the man himself was involved towards the end of the second Wizarding war.
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PhoenixRising Having a quick peek at her notebook, she noted the list and mentally checked them off. The lesson she knew felt a bit short, but they'd gotten through the material so .... yea.
"Well, we've finished a bit early today, but that's all for today's lesson. You're free to go and enjoy an extra few minutes before your next lesson. The Homework Assignment will be posted outside my office door by the end of today. Thank you all for coming." They wouldn't object to the shorter lesson, right?
And at that it was time to go. Vickers scrambled to collect his books and parchment into his bag and stood to make his way towards the door
"Thank you for the wonderful lesson Professor Hadley" the Ravenclaw uttered smiling as he passed her by.