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PadfootAndTheWolf · 09-27-2012, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

REM? What was REM? Jen thought about it
She raised her hand
"Has something to do with dreams right professor?"

Had the girl not been listening to any of the lesson so far, or missed the bloody flames and fairy dust flying about the room?!

"Yes, dear. The ENTIRE lesson has something to do with dreams, please try to pay closer attention to what I and your classmates say." No rudeness was present in her tone but the Slytherin needed to step up her game.

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Originally Posted by verbain

Deja vu was a good answer?! Wow, touchdown.

But Oneiromancy? What the heck was that? Apparently the students knew a lot about it, but this certain Slytherin did not! .... He'd ask..... later on, maybe. The twelve-year-old wrote down 'Rapid Eye Movement' into his notebook, but it meant nothing to him. And he couldn't be bothered to listen to students, so he waited for the professor's legit explanation.

Theo hated not knowing stuff. But when it was Divination stuff, it was always gonna be the case. Turns out it wasn't as easy as ooooohing and ahhhhing in front of a crystal ball.

It was no use...... "I don't get it." He muttered, more to himself really.

Callie was ready to move on when she heard the little Slytherin, Theodore or something like that mumble something about not getting it. It was natural, he was young and the idea of REM sleep and advanced functions of the brain was not something the normal 12 to 14 year old bothered themselves to learn.

"Theo dear, don't worry yourself too much with this REM business. We are moving on and will be focussing on simpler and more fun things with our upcoming activity." She winked at him and went on to the next student's question.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Riiiiiight, yeah. Uhuh.

At first Kat didn't get what Professor was talking about. She was about to enter the state of panicking since she doesn't remember. Remember what she read from this Muggle book about dreams and sleep. REM is actually an acronym. "REM is the acronym for Rapid Eye Movement. It also means paradoxical sleep."

"Excellent point. I like that you said that last bit about paradoxical sleep, because it's funny to think about. We go to sleep as we assume in order to regain energy but then we go into such a rapid and fast-paced process that it seems sort of counter-productive." Yeah, the brain was a very tricky little bugger.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Oh, yes the subconscious. Knows quite a bit about that. Suffice it to say Vickers’ own has been getting the best of him lately, and truthfully it’s a good thing.

He raises his hand and replied "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, it earned its name because your eyes physically move about behind your eyelids as if you’re ‘seeing’ something, very similar to when you’re awake. It is said that its during this time that the brain consolidates memories, which is likely the reason why some of your dreams are influenced by people and events that happened to you during waking hours."

And having said that prompted him to ask this "Professor, what Theo said about déjà vu—how does that happen? Specially when you find yourself in a déjà vu moment and you’ve never been to that place or met certain people before?” Cant chalk it to past experiences because everything was totally new.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

The little Ravenclaw's ears perked up when she heard another student ask a question about deja vu. She'd had that happen to her a few times before and her mom had never really been able to explain it. That was especially shocking to Eliza, since her mom had been in Ravenclaw - and she thought her mother had the answers for everything.

She raised her hand and said, "Professor, I'd really like to know more about deja vu too!" She gave a small smile to the boys who'd asked about it, hoping they wouldn't be annoyed with her. She just thought they might get to learn more if multiple students seemed interested.

Professor Elwood listened intently as Vickers asked his question about deja vu. It was a very valid question and when another student asked about it as well she couldn't very well pretend she hadn't heard him, now could she?

"Mr. Vicker's that is a good question, however I don't have a 100% full answer for you. Deja vu is another mysterious phenomena that happens in the brain that we don't fully understand just yet. There are theories however," which tied into her lesson of Oneiromancy, "that suggest that the feelings of familiarity that occur in places or situations where you've never been or experienced before are in relation to dreams you've had in or about things or places that are similar to the actual experience. Does that make sense?" When trying to explain complicated ideas such as deja vu, wording becomes tricky.

SPOILER!!: REM answers

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva listened as the professor began class, but she wasn't completely sure she knew where the professor was. It had gotten dark and Minerva felt her heart rate pick up. She always got nervous in the dark. Not that she was horribly afraid, because she wasn't a little kid anymore, but she just felt a bit of nerves when the dark approached.

Thinking of the answer to the question Minerva put her hand up. "Well professor Dream Divination is when we look at our dreams to help us tell the future. Some of our dreams could be messages of things to come, whether it be good, bad, or maybe even about someone close to us." she was hoping she was at least close if nothing else.

Minerva listened to all the answers and then couldn't help a quiet giggle when the professor woke up the sleeping students. She couldn't believe some of the behaviors this year. What was going on with all these students, but she did not want to think about that.. no it just made her crazy thinking how behind her house was now from all the weird things going on with students. Back to thinking about dreams, sleep, and divinations, yes that was what they were talking about.

Putting up her hand Minerva wasn't completely sure if she knew exactly what REM meant but it wasn't going to hurt to try at least, 'Professor Rem is a sleeping cycle where your eyes move back and forth. If it is the time you find your dreams, then it must be the time where you are sleeping in the deepest sleep and maybe not able to be woken up as easy." Yes, that sounded at least part right. Hopefully it didn't sound to weird or wrong.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

Eliza was pleased when the professor liked her answer and found herself smiling. She’d always been very interested in her own dreams. Sometimes she even sketched out certain scenes from them if they were particularly dynamic. It would be fun and possibly, mayyybe beneficial to learn some ways to interpret them. She still wasn't quite sold on the idea of one set of symbolic standards for every person, but she'd try to have an open mind.

Yes, the subconscious, she pondered, it really all has to start there doesn’t it? Listening to the rest of the professors explanation, she shot her hand up in the air to answer the next question.

“REM stands for rapid eye movement, Professor.” She had looked this up before so she was pretty sure she was right. “It’s when your mind is at its deepest level of sleep and relaxation, I think. That’s when you start to dream.” She sat up straight in her seat, quill in hand to take more notes - eager to hear more on this subject.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Mice? Professor Looneywood was afraid of....mice?

Kurumi glanced over at Daichi again for a moment before looking back at the professor as she responded to her ~~sarcastic~~ response to what Dream Divination was. Yeah yeah...it was wishy washy and not well thought out. But, one could make such an argument for this entire subject.... soooooooooooooo....

But class had moved on to something more scientific and Kurumi was more willing to put in effort here, which is why she raised her hand again. "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep which, as the name implies, is a stage of our sleep where our eyes are moving around a lot. More dreaming occurs at this stage along with bodily movements. You also have a faster pulse and your breathing increases as well." She paused for a moment, glancing around the room and wondering if there were any mice around. "Most complex dreaming occurs during REM sleep, but people who have been blind from birth do not experience REM sleep...or so I have read."

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Well, okay. It was so hard not to give the obvious sarcastic answer involving the band name, but really, she didn't want to be sprayed by another professor. Even though it might cool her off a bit. Why did it have to be so hot in here? "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep. It's when most of the dreams that we remember happen." Emmanuelle said, biting her tongue to keep from going on. She did start humming a tune that sounded suspiciously similar to a song by a certain band though.....

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra smirked at the spray of water going right toward the two boys. Serves them right, although...she really didn't blame them. It felt like a sauna in here, and surely being asleep and not knowing what was going on was far better than enduring the heat. Still, though, she silently thanked the boys for he in-class amusement. Divination needed it.

On to the questions...

"It stands for Rapid Eye Movement," Sierra said, raising her hand. "...and it happens when our subconscious mind takes over, and it sort of replays thoughts and ideas we have."

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Nerida always had her thinking cap on...Literally she didn't know how to turn it off...When someone was sarcastic she it took her a couple seconds to know that they were being sarcastic. She giggled as she saw Elijah and Nigel be sprayed with water...Its what they deserved for sleeping in class!

Raising her hand Nerida answered "REM stands for Rapid eye movement. REM is the normal stage of sleep which is characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes. Um, I believe that is classified into two categories tonic and phasic. More dreaming happens when we are in the stage of REM.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

Dreams, eh? Well she guessed it was one of the more interesting forms of divination, especially since everyone dreamed, not just seers. For the first few minutes Silvia sat quietly, just listening as she usually did. But then the next question came up. REM. Ooooh, Silvia knew about that. A lot about it, it seemed as the quiet Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to speak...

"REM stands for rapid eye movement. It occurs when we sleep and, as the name implies, it involves the rapid movement of the eyes. It doesn't happen during the entire time we are asleep, but occurs on and off throughout sleep, and it tends to occur more often the longer we are asleep. During this time is when we dream the most, and those dreams tend to be more vivid. The outer body also experiences a sort of paralysis during REM, even though the heart rate is increased, and it can be difficult to wake someone up during it."

PHEW! Okay, that was probably way more than enough, though Silvia was tempted to make a few more points about sleep stages; but she had talked enough for the moment. Rarely did she give such detailed answers in any class. Clearly she had been reading too much psychology of late; her current reading obsession it seemed.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Jory was amused when he saw what Professor Elwood did to the two boy. Sleeping in class..

He remembered reading about REM recently. Just before the holidays were over, in fact. He raised his hand. "REM means rapid eye movement. That means our eyes move faster than usual. And more dreams also happen at that time.''

Other than that, he couldn't remember anything more.

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Originally Posted by Magical_Mione

Jasmine furrowed her brow as she listened intently to everything that the Professor was saying. She found that she could follow what was being said to her and see the point trying to be made, however, she still had an uneasiness about the whole practice. After the Professor finished speaking, Jasmine nodded and smiled politely before bending over her parchment and noting what she had learned.

As the last student was replied to the next question was raised and after hearing it, Jasmine felt a bit more comfortable. A question about something that will be answered with a single straight forward fact.

Siting up straighter and clearing her throat slightly, she raised her hand and answered," REM or Rapid Eye Movement, is a state of sleep where one's dreams are said to first occur. Normally this can last 90 to 120 min on average per night and seems to be most active in the morning hours. An adult tends to spend 20-25% of their night in REM sleep while a newborn baby can spend as much as 80%. There seem to be many theories of different REM sleep cycles based on memory,simulation, and the like."

Jasmine paused to take a breath and in that time relaized she was most likely rambling on the subject and felt the need to add, "Sorry Professor, my Aunt Aurora has an extensive medical library and I read through quite a few of her texts over the summer and I just happened to remember some facts about REM." Blushing slightly she looked down at her notes and fiddled with her quill.

She had not meant to spout out all those facts but she felt comfortable with answering this question. Facts she could do. She just hoped that taking this class would not hurt her marks much. She was aware that at this subject she was a little out of her element, especially with not even knowing what Divination was really about. She was willing to give it a chance though, even with her doubts on the actual merit of the practice. So with a look of determination, Jasmine decides to learn as much as she can about it and hold off from discounting anything. Besides, her Aunt always said that ignorance is no one's best friend.

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Originally Posted by Surya Raju

It was Surya's turn now. He now understood how useful it was for him to study the muggles course materials. "Professor" he said raising up his hand and standing up. "There are two basic states of sleep. rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During sleep, the body cycles between non-REM and REM sleep. Typically, people begin the sleep cycle with a period of non-REM sleep followed by a very short period of REM sleep. Dreams generally occur in the REM stage of sleep." He has finished his answer and this time was sure that his answer was correct. Since there class today is on dreams then they will be today learning about (REM) that is Rapid eye movement sleep.

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Originally Posted by Dan and Emma<3

Well.

As Tiffany started to joint down some of the notes that the professor has sorted out, she raised her hand to answer the second question that she has just mentioned. "REM actually stands for Rapid Eye Movement which some of us would have experienced while they are sleeping,"she answered as she flicked through her book. "And usually people could recall their dreams better when they are experiencing REM." It was not a good thing though, at least to herself since it means that you did not have enough sleep that previous night. It's not a good sign when you can recall all the dreams you have made.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Rem cycle. She had heard of that before, but what was it? She heard her other classmates talking about rapid eye movement, but what did that really have to do with dreaming? unless you were dreaming of something awesome and your eyes are going really fast to keep up. Hmmm...that would be a good point.

Hannah shot her hand in the air. "Professor that it when you are in that good sleep." She knew what that meant right? "That's when your sleep is at it deepest and you are not likely to get disturbed easily." There maybe that explained it a bit more.

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SPOILER!!: Professor!

Belle was glad the professor admired that she shown up for the class. Being a prefect and all does get you noticed.
When the professor asked the question, Annabelle remembered about talking REM sleep with her father. He was interested in this stuff. "Professor i think REM sleep stands for Rapid Eye Movement and what i know about it is it has three stages in which you fall asleep. I think it is between the second and third stage is where you get the deep sleep." She wasn't quite sure what stage it was but she gave it a shot.

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Oooh, they were talking about subconscious too. That should turn out interesting. Louisa couldn't help but grin when professor Elwood sprinkled water in Elijah and Nigel's faces, she made sure to put her hand over her mouth though in case the woman took offense of Louisa's big grin.

Back to the class, though! The Ravenclaw shot her hand up in the air and tried not to sound repetitive, "REM is the second main phase of our sleeping, professor. Like what everyone else said it stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs after 90 minutes of going to sleep." She leaned her chin on her hand and added, "The length of this REM stage declines as we grow older. So it's highest when we're infants, almost."

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Mice? The Professor thought that he was afraid of invisible mice?

Daichi momentarily forget where he was as he stared with an confused look at the Professor. So if he said that there were mice then he could leave the class? It was that simple?!

A part of him wanted to confirm that there little creatures running around but then he would miss a class and he didn't want that either. "N-no Professor, i'm s-sorry i just got ...startled?" he tried. Startled was a very mild word. He'd actually cowered away as the fire from earlier that went over the ceiling and to the wall had reminded him of the staircase at his old house eight years ago.

His cheeks flushed red as the Professor escorted him to his original seat and he sat down. The blast of fire was out and the candles as well so hopefully he could concentrate on the lesson.

REM? He had seen that word before, hadn't he seen it at the library when he was studying together with Gwen? "REM stands for ...Real Eye movie?"

he was right, right?! And that was the only thing he knew.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura smiled as she raised her hand. "REM stands for Rapid eye Movement." Laura was sure she knew about that. "It were your eyes move rapidly whilst you are asleep." Laura looked at the Professor before continuing with her answer. "I also think that it can cause you to wake whilst you are doing rapid eye movement, though it might only be for a second or two." Laura decided she would stop her answer there and hope she was right.

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah had read all about it from the place where she had gotten her previous answer. Muggles did know a lot after all. "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. We have periods of REM about five times during our sleep. We usually havee it towards morning though. Ever night about two hours of an adults sleep is spent in an REM phase. When we are in an REM phase our neurons in our brains work the same as they would when we were awake. During REM sleep is when people dream. Our heart rates go up during this time" There had been so much more Sarah had read about REM yet she seemed to be unable to recall more at this minute. All of this she gogt from muggle sources

Calista was actually quite suprised that so many of them had knew at least bits and pieces about the process of REM sleep, it was a rather scientific idea. She was surprised, yes but that didn't mean she wasn't also glad they had at least some prior knowledge.

"Yes, the things you all said about the REM cycle and the sleep associated with it are correct." She flicked her wand at the board, listing some of the things they mentioned.

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Divination Lesson Board
Characteristics/Facts about REM Cycle and Sleeping

+ Rapid eye movement
+ Associated with deep sleep
+ Possible body paralysis or stronger inability to move
+ Doesn't account for all sleep
+ Highest possibility for dreams

The blonde Professor turned back to the students to add to what they all said. "The REM cycle, is all of the things you all said but also more. We know very little about it technically but that is why it is so fascinating. We haven't found any actual scientific reason why humans sleep and how come we are more rested after experiencing this deep sleep during the REM cycle." She let that little bit of info sink in as she straightened a wrinkle in her skirt. "The subconscious is a very powerful thing and since human beings can't even harness the full potential of their brains it is no wonder that we are capable of REM and dreams."

"But back to actual dreams in Divination now that we know where they occur," because you couldn't study Egyptians and all of their culture, curses, pyramids and the like without at least touching on the country itself--same with dreams and the brain. "Like you all said before we are going to be using individual aspects from our dreams in order to interpret what exactly they may hold in store for us. So," she stood and walked over to a cabinet which upon opening it, revealed Dream Oracle books. She levitated a copy to each of them.

"Please open your books to the section that defines individual aspects of dreams and we can have a little bit of fun before starting the day's ativity." Yes, for Divination nerds like Callie Elwood, this would be VERY fun. "What I want each of you to do is to randomly find an object or action listed in this section and then raise your hand and tell the class what it is and what it's implications upon being found in a dream are."

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PadfootAndTheWolf formerly: DanialRadFAN01 Bicorn Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On SS of course! Posts: 16,988 Hogwarts RPG Name: Kiera Burton x6	Gaga Mafia Monster : MURPHY : Kelvin's SS!BFAM : Roro's Evil Twin : Ravlyndor : Gopher Quote: Originally Posted by 2111jen REM? What was REM? Jen thought about it She raised her hand "Has something to do with dreams right professor?" Had the girl not been listening to any of the lesson so far, or missed the bloody flames and fairy dust flying about the room?! "Yes, dear. The ENTIRE lesson has something to do with dreams, please try to pay closer attention to what I and your classmates say." No rudeness was present in her tone but the Slytherin needed to step up her game. Quote: Originally Posted by verbain Deja vu was a good answer?! Wow, touchdown. But Oneiromancy? What the heck was that? Apparently the students knew a lot about it, but this certain Slytherin did not! .... He'd ask..... later on, maybe. The twelve-year-old wrote down 'Rapid Eye Movement' into his notebook, but it meant nothing to him. And he couldn't be bothered to listen to students, so he waited for the professor's legit explanation. Theo hated not knowing stuff. But when it was Divination stuff, it was always gonna be the case. Turns out it wasn't as easy as ooooohing and ahhhhing in front of a crystal ball. It was no use...... "I don't get it." He muttered, more to himself really. Callie was ready to move on when she heard the little Slytherin, Theodore or something like that mumble something about not getting it. It was natural, he was young and the idea of REM sleep and advanced functions of the brain was not something the normal 12 to 14 year old bothered themselves to learn. "Theo dear, don't worry yourself too much with this REM business. We are moving on and will be focussing on simpler and more fun things with our upcoming activity." She winked at him and went on to the next student's question. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Riiiiiight, yeah. Uhuh. At first Kat didn't get what Professor was talking about. She was about to enter the state of panicking since she doesn't remember. Remember what she read from this Muggle book about dreams and sleep. REM is actually an acronym. "REM is the acronym for Rapid Eye Movement. It also means paradoxical sleep." "Excellent point. I like that you said that last bit about paradoxical sleep, because it's funny to think about. We go to sleep as we assume in order to regain energy but then we go into such a rapid and fast-paced process that it seems sort of counter-productive." Yeah, the brain was a very tricky little bugger. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen Oh, yes the subconscious. Knows quite a bit about that. Suffice it to say Vickers’ own has been getting the best of him lately, and truthfully it’s a good thing. He raises his hand and replied "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, it earned its name because your eyes physically move about behind your eyelids as if you’re ‘seeing’ something, very similar to when you’re awake. It is said that its during this time that the brain consolidates memories, which is likely the reason why some of your dreams are influenced by people and events that happened to you during waking hours." And having said that prompted him to ask this "Professor, what Theo said about déjà vu—how does that happen? Specially when you find yourself in a déjà vu moment and you’ve never been to that place or met certain people before?” Cant chalk it to past experiences because everything was totally new. Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon The little Ravenclaw's ears perked up when she heard another student ask a question about deja vu. She'd had that happen to her a few times before and her mom had never really been able to explain it. That was especially shocking to Eliza, since her mom had been in Ravenclaw - and she thought her mother had the answers for everything. She raised her hand and said, "Professor, I'd really like to know more about deja vu too!" She gave a small smile to the boys who'd asked about it, hoping they wouldn't be annoyed with her. She just thought they might get to learn more if multiple students seemed interested. Professor Elwood listened intently as Vickers asked his question about deja vu. It was a very valid question and when another student asked about it as well she couldn't very well pretend she hadn't heard him, now could she? "Mr. Vicker's that is a good question, however I don't have a 100% full answer for you. Deja vu is another mysterious phenomena that happens in the brain that we don't fully understand just yet. There are theories however," which tied into her lesson of Oneiromancy, "that suggest that the feelings of familiarity that occur in places or situations where you've never been or experienced before are in relation to dreams you've had in or about things or places that are similar to the actual experience. Does that make sense?" When trying to explain complicated ideas such as deja vu, wording becomes tricky. SPOILER!!: REM answers Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva listened as the professor began class, but she wasn't completely sure she knew where the professor was. It had gotten dark and Minerva felt her heart rate pick up. She always got nervous in the dark. Not that she was horribly afraid, because she wasn't a little kid anymore, but she just felt a bit of nerves when the dark approached. Thinking of the answer to the question Minerva put her hand up. "Well professor Dream Divination is when we look at our dreams to help us tell the future. Some of our dreams could be messages of things to come, whether it be good, bad, or maybe even about someone close to us." she was hoping she was at least close if nothing else. Minerva listened to all the answers and then couldn't help a quiet giggle when the professor woke up the sleeping students. She couldn't believe some of the behaviors this year. What was going on with all these students, but she did not want to think about that.. no it just made her crazy thinking how behind her house was now from all the weird things going on with students. Back to thinking about dreams, sleep, and divinations, yes that was what they were talking about. Putting up her hand Minerva wasn't completely sure if she knew exactly what REM meant but it wasn't going to hurt to try at least, 'Professor Rem is a sleeping cycle where your eyes move back and forth. If it is the time you find your dreams, then it must be the time where you are sleeping in the deepest sleep and maybe not able to be woken up as easy." Yes, that sounded at least part right. Hopefully it didn't sound to weird or wrong. Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon Eliza was pleased when the professor liked her answer and found herself smiling. She’d always been very interested in her own dreams. Sometimes she even sketched out certain scenes from them if they were particularly dynamic. It would be fun and possibly, mayyybe beneficial to learn some ways to interpret them. She still wasn't quite sold on the idea of one set of symbolic standards for every person, but she'd try to have an open mind. Yes, the subconscious, she pondered, it really all has to start there doesn’t it? Listening to the rest of the professors explanation, she shot her hand up in the air to answer the next question. “REM stands for rapid eye movement, Professor.” She had looked this up before so she was pretty sure she was right. “It’s when your mind is at its deepest level of sleep and relaxation, I think. That’s when you start to dream.” She sat up straight in her seat, quill in hand to take more notes - eager to hear more on this subject. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Mice? Professor Looneywood was afraid of....mice? Kurumi glanced over at Daichi again for a moment before looking back at the professor as she responded to her ~~sarcastic~~ response to what Dream Divination was. Yeah yeah...it was wishy washy and not well thought out. But, one could make such an argument for this entire subject.... soooooooooooooo.... But class had moved on to something more scientific and Kurumi was more willing to put in effort here, which is why she raised her hand again. "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep which, as the name implies, is a stage of our sleep where our eyes are moving around a lot. More dreaming occurs at this stage along with bodily movements. You also have a faster pulse and your breathing increases as well." She paused for a moment, glancing around the room and wondering if there were any mice around. "Most complex dreaming occurs during REM sleep, but people who have been blind from birth do not experience REM sleep...or so I have read." Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Well, okay. It was so hard not to give the obvious sarcastic answer involving the band name, but really, she didn't want to be sprayed by another professor. Even though it might cool her off a bit. Why did it have to be so hot in here? *"REM stands for rapid eye movement* sleep. It's when most of the dreams that we remember happen." Emmanuelle said, biting her tongue to keep from going on. She did start humming a tune that sounded suspiciously similar to a song by a certain band though..... Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sierra smirked at the spray of water going right toward the two boys. Serves them right, although...she really didn't blame them. It felt like a sauna in here, and surely being asleep and not knowing what was going on was far better than enduring the heat. Still, though, she silently thanked the boys for he in-class amusement. Divination needed it. On to the questions... "It stands for Rapid Eye Movement," Sierra said, raising her hand. "...and it happens when our subconscious mind takes over, and it sort of replays thoughts and ideas we have." Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Nerida always had her thinking cap on...Literally she didn't know how to turn it off...When someone was sarcastic she it took her a couple seconds to know that they were being sarcastic. She giggled as she saw Elijah and Nigel be sprayed with water...Its what they deserved for sleeping in class! Raising her hand Nerida answered "REM stands for Rapid eye movement. REM is the normal stage of sleep which is characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes. Um, I believe that is classified into two categories tonic and phasic. More dreaming happens when we are in the stage of REM. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverDragon** Dreams, eh? Well she guessed it was one of the more interesting forms of divination, especially since everyone dreamed, not just seers. For the first few minutes Silvia sat quietly, just listening as she usually did. But then the next question came up. REM. Ooooh, Silvia knew about that. A lot about it, it seemed as the quiet Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to speak... "REM stands for rapid eye movement. It occurs when we sleep and, as the name implies, it involves the rapid movement of the eyes. It doesn't happen during the entire time we are asleep, but occurs on and off throughout sleep, and it tends to occur more often the longer we are asleep. During this time is when we dream the most, and those dreams tend to be more vivid. The outer body also experiences a sort of paralysis during REM, even though the heart rate is increased, and it can be difficult to wake someone up during it." PHEW! Okay, that was probably way more than enough, though Silvia was tempted to make a few more points about sleep stages; but she had talked enough for the moment. Rarely did she give such detailed answers in any class. Clearly she had been reading too much psychology of late; her current reading obsession it seemed. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory was amused when he saw what Professor Elwood did to the two boy. Sleeping in class.. He remembered reading about REM recently. Just before the holidays were over, in fact. He raised his hand. "REM means rapid eye movement. That means our eyes move faster than usual. And more dreams also happen at that time.'' Other than that, he couldn't remember anything more. Quote: Originally Posted by Magical_Mione Jasmine furrowed her brow as she listened intently to everything that the Professor was saying. She found that she could follow what was being said to her and see the point trying to be made, however, she still had an uneasiness about the whole practice. After the Professor finished speaking, Jasmine nodded and smiled politely before bending over her parchment and noting what she had learned. As the last student was replied to the next question was raised and after hearing it, Jasmine felt a bit more comfortable. A question about something that will be answered with a single straight forward fact. Siting up straighter and clearing her throat slightly, she raised her hand and answered," REM or Rapid Eye Movement, is a state of sleep where one's dreams are said to first occur. Normally this can last 90 to 120 min on average per night and seems to be most active in the morning hours. An adult tends to spend 20-25% of their night in REM sleep while a newborn baby can spend as much as 80%. There seem to be many theories of different REM sleep cycles based on memory,simulation, and the like." Jasmine paused to take a breath and in that time relaized she was most likely rambling on the subject and felt the need to add, "Sorry Professor, my Aunt Aurora has an extensive medical library and I read through quite a few of her texts over the summer and I just happened to remember some facts about REM." Blushing slightly she looked down at her notes and fiddled with her quill. She had not meant to spout out all those facts but she felt comfortable with answering this question. Facts she could do. She just hoped that taking this class would not hurt her marks much. She was aware that at this subject she was a little out of her element, especially with not even knowing what Divination was really about. She was willing to give it a chance though, even with her doubts on the actual merit of the practice. So with a look of determination, Jasmine decides to learn as much as she can about it and hold off from discounting anything. Besides, her Aunt always said that ignorance is no one's best friend. Quote: Originally Posted by Surya Raju It was Surya's turn now. He now understood how useful it was for him to study the muggles course materials. "Professor" he said raising up his hand and standing up. "There are two basic states of sleep. rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During sleep, the body cycles between non-REM and REM sleep. Typically, people begin the sleep cycle with a period of non-REM sleep followed by a very short period of REM sleep. Dreams generally occur in the REM stage of sleep." He has finished his answer and this time was sure that his answer was correct. Since there class today is on dreams then they will be today learning about (REM) that is Rapid eye movement sleep. Quote: Originally Posted by Dan and Emma<3 Well. As Tiffany started to joint down some of the notes that the professor has sorted out, she raised her hand to answer the second question that she has just mentioned. "REM actually stands for Rapid Eye Movement which some of us would have experienced while they are sleeping,"she answered as she flicked through her book. "And usually people could recall their dreams better when they are experiencing REM." It was not a good thing though, at least to herself since it means that you did not have enough sleep that previous night. It's not a good sign when you can recall all the dreams you have made. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Rem cycle. She had heard of that before, but what was it? She heard her other classmates talking about rapid eye movement, but what did that really have to do with dreaming? unless you were dreaming of something awesome and your eyes are going really fast to keep up. Hmmm...that would be a good point. Hannah shot her hand in the air. "Professor that it when you are in that good sleep." She knew what that meant right? "That's when your sleep is at it deepest and you are not likely to get disturbed easily." There maybe that explained it a bit more. Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 SPOILER!!: Professor! Belle was glad the professor admired that she shown up for the class. Being a prefect and all does get you noticed. When the professor asked the question, Annabelle remembered about talking REM sleep with her father. He was interested in this stuff. "Professor i think REM sleep stands for Rapid Eye Movement and what i know about it is it has three stages in which you fall asleep. I think it is between the second and third stage is where you get the deep sleep." She wasn't quite sure what stage it was but she gave it a shot. Quote: Originally Posted by Magical Soul Oooh, they were talking about subconscious too. That should turn out interesting. Louisa couldn't help but grin when professor Elwood sprinkled water in Elijah and Nigel's faces, she made sure to put her hand over her mouth though in case the woman took offense of Louisa's big grin. Back to the class, though! The Ravenclaw shot her hand up in the air and tried not to sound repetitive, "REM is the second main phase of our sleeping, professor. Like what everyone else said it stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs after 90 minutes of going to sleep." She leaned her chin on her hand and added, "The length of this REM stage declines as we grow older. So it's highest when we're infants, almost." Quote: Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF Mice? The Professor thought that he was afraid of invisible mice? Daichi momentarily forget where he was as he stared with an confused look at the Professor. So if he said that there were mice then he could leave the class? It was that simple?! A part of him wanted to confirm that there little creatures running around but then he would miss a class and he didn't want that either. "N-no Professor, i'm s-sorry i just got ...startled?" he tried. Startled was a very mild word. He'd actually cowered away as the fire from earlier that went over the ceiling and to the wall had reminded him of the staircase at his old house eight years ago. His cheeks flushed red as the Professor escorted him to his original seat and he sat down. The blast of fire was out and the candles as well so hopefully he could concentrate on the lesson. REM? He had seen that word before, hadn't he seen it at the library when he was studying together with Gwen? "REM stands for ...Real Eye movie?" he was right, right?! And that was the only thing he knew. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura smiled as she raised her hand. "REM stands for Rapid eye Movement." Laura was sure she knew about that. "It were your eyes move rapidly whilst you are asleep." Laura looked at the Professor before continuing with her answer. "I also think that it can cause you to wake whilst you are doing rapid eye movement, though it might only be for a second or two." Laura decided she would stop her answer there and hope she was right. Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah had read all about it from the place where she had gotten her previous answer. Muggles did know a lot after all. "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. We have periods of REM about five times during our sleep. We usually havee it towards morning though. Ever night about two hours of an adults sleep is spent in an REM phase. When we are in an REM phase our neurons in our brains work the same as they would when we were awake. During REM sleep is when people dream. Our heart rates go up during this time" There had been so much more Sarah had read about REM yet she seemed to be unable to recall more at this minute. All of this she gogt from muggle sources Calista was actually quite suprised that so many of them had knew at least bits and pieces about the process of REM sleep, it was a rather scientific idea. She was surprised, yes but that didn't mean she wasn't also glad they had at least some prior knowledge. "Yes, the things you all said about the REM cycle and the sleep associated with it are correct." She flicked her wand at the board, listing some of the things they mentioned. Quote: Divination Lesson Board Characteristics/Facts about REM Cycle and Sleeping + Rapid eye movement + Associated with deep sleep + Possible body paralysis or stronger inability to move + Doesn't account for all sleep + Highest possibility for dreams The blonde Professor turned back to the students to add to what they all said. "The REM cycle, is all of the things you all said but also more. We know very little about it technically but that is why it is so fascinating. We haven't found any actual scientific reason why humans sleep and how come we are more rested after experiencing this deep sleep during the REM cycle." She let that little bit of info sink in as she straightened a wrinkle in her skirt. "The subconscious is a very powerful thing and since human beings can't even harness the full potential of their brains it is no wonder that we are capable of REM and dreams." "But back to actual dreams in Divination now that we know where they occur," because you couldn't study Egyptians and all of their culture, curses, pyramids and the like without at least touching on the country itself--same with dreams and the brain. "Like you all said before we are going to be using individual aspects from our dreams in order to interpret what exactly they may hold in store for us. So," she stood and walked over to a cabinet which upon opening it, revealed Dream Oracle books. She levitated a copy to each of them. "Please open your books to the section that defines individual aspects of dreams and we can have a little bit of fun before starting the day's ativity." Yes, for Divination nerds like Callie Elwood, this would be VERY fun. "What I want each of you to do is to randomly find an object or action listed in this section and then raise your hand and tell the class what it is and what it's implications upon being found in a dream are."