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Emma Montmorency (#301199)
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SPOILER!!: byeee! <3 Thanks for coming Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19  Jory had really enjoyed today's lesson. It was unusual since Arithmancy wasn't one orf his strongest subjects. The third year gathered his stuff and headed for the door.
"Bye, Professor Hadley,'' he called as he left "Great lesson.'' Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen 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...
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.
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. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ Amelia was surprised when they could go now. But she still packed up her bags. She liked Arithmancy, but she really needed to head back to her dorm now. :/ "Thanks for the lesson, Professor Hadley!" she said as she made her way out the rood. Quote:
Originally Posted by affy7ann "Thank you, Professor," Tayla replied. She was ready for the next discussion but was taken by surprise when Professor Hadley dismissed them. "Oh...well, thanks for the class, Professor. Have a good day!"
Tayla put away her things and began to leave, wondering what she could do with the extra free time she had and why their class was so short today. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lislchen Trying to jot down everything there was to know about Growth numbers, Lewis listened carefully to what his classmates and the professor were saying. First names. Right. He really hoped that they were going to have to calculate all of that for themselves too at some point. And even if they didn't HAVE to, he would. This was pretty interesting stuff.
But back to Lufkin, who happened to have a very beautiful first name.
And the lesson was over already?! Aww. So they wouldn't calculate their own numbers? Hmm, maybe for homework or something. Packing up his things, Lewis got up from his seat and made his way over to the door. "Thank you, Professor." For the lesson and for being an awesome HoH and all. "And goodbye." And with that he left the classroom. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva couldn't believe the lesson was over already. She put her parchment away and then took her book and placed it in her bag. "Thank you Professor for another fun lesson." She was going to head to the library with the few extra minutes. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon Wow, the lesson was over already? That went by fast. Silvia was beginning to like arithmancy. She packed up her things into her bag and then headed towards the door. "Bye Professor," she said. "Thanks for the lesson." Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow The lesson was over already? Ella was surprised how quickly class had gone by but she had enjoyed the lesson-family being so important to her. She gathered her things and headed for the door. "Bye Professor Hadley, thanks for another great lesson!" She gave the Professor a shy smile and headed out the door, wanting to grab some food before her next class. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter Lily looked down at her paper as the professor came by and pointed out her fault. Apparently, Lily's brain was on hold during this class... Nodding, Lily picked up her quill and went to work fixing it.
Once Lily was done redoing her math, the class was over... Quickly she raised her hand to get her work checked. As she left her parchment on her desk, Lily packed up the rest of her stuff so that when her work was checked, she would be ready to leave for her next class. Josephina nodded politely as a few students thanked her for the lesson, after finishing up some last minute calculations. She then turned her attention on a few students still lingering... perhaps in need of help... SPOILER!!: Glenn Reyes Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabrielle Glenn watched the professor check her work. Wait. Why was she frowning? She looked away from her own work to see what everyone else was doing. And that was not their own names. Whoops.
She crossed out her work, a little frustrated. Why did she always mess this up? "Sorry. I- I didn't realise."Glenn assumed from her teacher's expression that she had got it wrong anyway. Making sure that everyone was just waiting, she set about correcting her answer that she- well wasn't really supposed to be doing anyway. But wait. What had she got wrong? She didn't raise her hand but frowned and stared at her calculations for a couple of minutes, trying to figure out what she had gotten wrong before she realised the teacher had moved on. Oh Merlin. She had spent a lot longer on the question she wasn't supposed to be doing than she had realised. Some people were even getting up and leaving now!
Glenn scribbled madly in her book, trying to figure out the answer for Wenlock's Growth Number. Hmm. Well that was interesting. Providing she had actually added it right this time. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabrielle She had returned her attention to her calculation of her name and discovered what she had done wrong. Hurriedly crossing it out and rewriting it correctly, she had miswrote a number in it.
This was bad. Glenn really needed to focus more if she was going to pass her OWLs when they came around. Glenn let her gaze slip from her own name onto her other calculation. Merlin. She had gotten it wrong again!
She crossed it out and rewrote it in her journal. As she wrote, she smudged the ink with the back of her hand; making it pool across the page and her calculation. "No! Nonononononono..." She murmured hurriedly while she tried to sponge it off with the sleeve of her uniform. Glenn's mother would kill her when she found she had ruined the sleeve but maybe, just maybe, if she got it into the wash soon enough the ink would come out of it.
Glenn looked down at her barely discernible work and blinked away a couple of frustrated tears. Wiping them away with her inked hand, spreading a smear of it across her cheek. She had to keep her emotions under check. Just because she had messed up a couple of calculations, didn't mean she had to lose it! First up was a young Hufflepuff who seemed to be struggling, so Fina went over and had a look at her parchment.
And blinked. She "self-corrected" her Bridget Growth number, but for some reason, transcribing her numbers still seemed to be an issue. "Ms Reyes, dear... focus. Pay attention to how you're copying the numbers from one line to the next." Because if she did and re-checked her work, she'd find both numbers she wrote to be incorrect. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa was disappointed that class was over. She always had fun calculating numbers. She packed up her things and walked up to the Professor. "Thank you for another interesting lesson, Professor. I really had fun today. Before I leave do you need help cleaning up today? I'm done with classes for the day." Alyssa smiled at her Head of House offering her help again. Eh? Cleanup? What was there to cleanup? Frowning for a moment, she glanced around at the other students still lingering and then turned back to Alyssa. "No, not really. Just go enjoy some fresh February air...." Yup. Maybe do some work outside. Enjoy being young. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger Even though Stella still wasn't quite sure how Perpetua Fancourt's Family Name number actually was relevant to what she knew of her ancestor, she'd noted that Professor Hadley had only nodded at her calculations. At least she could assume that meant they were correct, even if she didn't understand them. And the discussion had moved on to Growth numbers, so she switched to taking down a few notes on that subject, just for reference sake. Perhaps she could discuss her confusion with the professor later, or just accept that somehow it was actually accurate. As far as she knew it wasn't integral that she have an amazing analysis right now anyway.
Plus, they were moving on to actually doing more calculations, so she quickly noted that the first set was the Family Name number, before adding the new ones underneath. It made more sense to keep all her calculations together anyhow.
Hmm, Stella thought, once she'd copied the description down. She could definitely see how creativity could apply, although she had to think it had been more of a trait that had been handed down than anything else. It appeared they weren't going to have to discuss that either, though, as suddenly Professor Hadley had declared the lesson over. That was intriguing as well, but she simply packed her notes away. Questions could wait, or at least that was her original thought. She stood up to leave, but found herself talking before she could stop herself. "Professor Hadley? What if I can't exactly figure out how my person's numbers apply to them? Even if I know quite a bit about their life," she asked, merely curious. Besides, the possibility there was going to be analysis on the homeowrk was high, so asking was better than the alternative. As the Arithmancy Professor waved and said good-bye to a few others who departed, another student approached her. This one with a valid question. How the numbers apply to them. "I think knowing a bit about a person's life should help you to figure out application of the numbers to them. That's actually important part of interpreting numbers for historical figures. And in some sense, the fact that they've lived their life, it makes it almost easier to see how their growth number of .... " she paused, thinking on Stella's calculation. "Ms Fancourt, allowed them to use their way of words and creativity throughout their life. To help them achieve their goals along their life path..." Did that make sense? She wasn't sure. But she also wasn't entirely sure what Stella had been asking either. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi began to slowly pack up her things, her mind already lingering on the potential of her homework assignment. She just knew it was going to be something more relating to their family...more things to think about and probably cry about. Best to do this assignment in the girls' dormitory. Great, she was freaking out before she even saw what the assignment was. Not only was her family a sensitive subject because of...her mother...but for many other reasons to. Namely, she didn't even know where most of her family came from. Half of it to be exact. Her father's side was a complete and utter mystery to her, stopping only at a name: Charles Edward Gaunt. The man that she knew as Charles Edward Hollingberry, her father. Other than that...nothing.
With an obvious frown on her face, Kurumi placed the rest of her things in her bag. She didn't even have the heart to roll her eyes at the offer to help clean up when there had been nothing in the lesson to even merit the classroom as being dirty or unorganized. The Aparaecium actually seemed to be on track, for once.
With the faintest of smiles, Kurumi bowed her head towards Professor Hadley, but couldn't muster her voice to say good bye to the Arithmancy professor. Instead, the fifth year simply bow her head and slowly turned around to make her way towards the door. Before her thoughts could linger too much about Stella's question, Fina caught glimpse of the Gryffindor Prefect. A frown. And a faint smile. And mostly the clear presence of something .... troubling her ... simply because for the first time (?) the girl did not seem content during an Arithmancy lesson. And that bothered Fina.
"Miss Hollingberry," she called after the fifth year, hoping she'd turn. "May I have a word with you, please?" If she didn't want to her, fine, but that wouldn't stop her from going to Seren to talk to her about her Prefect. Seren was her Head of House, after all.
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