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Originally Posted by gritandgrace  Eniola liked this new professor. Her magic was almost unrecognizeable to the unseeing eye and her robes were beautiful.
She raised her hand and when called upon - benefits of being in the front - she answered, ”Hello, Professor. My name is Eniola Abara. A common known use for Arithmancy is in helping predict trends in the future.”
Who knows, maybe I’ll like this class this year. Eni thought to herself.
"Thank you Eniola, a classic use of the subject is indeed predictions, Ayana smiled brightly at the young woman before turning when the next hand went up.
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Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy mind was drawing a blank which frustrated the seventeen-year-old. Finally, she slowly raised her hand and waited to be called upon by the teacher. "Hello, Professor Sissay. My name is Daisy Swann. Arithmancy can be a tool for determining a person's characteristics such as their fears."
Another sweet name. "Yes, a lot can be deduced about us based solely on the numbers presented, not just fears! I wonder, do you spell your name with one n or two?" Since they were on the topic, and all. The difference was minor, the numbers were incredibly different. A three as opposed to a seven! Quite remarkable.
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Originally Posted by SneakySeverusSnape Analiese put her hand up answered the questions. Or rather one of the questions. "My name's Analiese Allanach-Senchuri, professor. Arithmancy can be used to help predict trends in the future. For example, if you were planning on taking someone on a walk, it can help you find days that they will be in a better mood for one. It can also be used for calculating a person's heart number, social number, life path number, et cetera." She had found all that out around 3 minutes ago, from the textbook she was reading.
The 11-year-old continued getting her equipment out of her bag. She gave a little yawn. What was with Analiese and getting up at 4 am for no reason?
This next student got a good chuckle out of Ayana. Beautiful, really. Even if the student herself didn't seem quite so invested with that yawn there. "Wonderful Analiese, I see you've been reading past textbooks studiously!" Always a good quality, though not one that would help her in this particular lesson. Ayana looked forward to seeing her tackle the second question, should she choose to answer it.
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Originally Posted by 2111jen Austin cought the look...sorry but he wasn't able to speak. Was he physically mute? No. But he wasn't able to speak either.
As the answers were going aroun, Austin was writing down his. He was not entirely sure if this was correct but he decided to wing it.
He raised his hand and then showed her his answer.
Oh dear, why was this student holding up a sign? That was inconvenient. And somewhat suspicious."Hello.. Austin," Ayana squinted slightly, and the question he had written in beside his name became clearer. "Arithmancy heavily utilises arithmetics, but it is curious to me that you would label it as a non magical skill," she answered, and nodded towards the rest of the students in the vicinity. Certainly she hoped no one here felt like they were above arithmetics in some way. "Please see me after class, Austin," she smiled at the little man as kindly as she could, but left no room for arguments here. She was not a big fan of signs.
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Originally Posted by Jessiqua Hanna listened to Professor Sissay's introduction of herself and her subject, and had a think of what some uses of Arithmancy were. It was certainly not her best subject, though. She liked numbers, loved muggle mathematics, but didn't particularly put her trust in the subject of arithmancy. That didn't mean she didn't respect it, though. It just wasn't something that came naturally to her mind, and she struggled to come up with an answer.
Raising her hand, Hanna said "I'm Hanna Newton. Just adding on to Daisy's answer with personalities, there's sometimes a parallel between someone's personality number and what a big characteristic of them is. Like... some with the number one might account for a lot of the leaders in the world." Might, of course. She wasn't sure if she had made that up or read it somewhere.
More named based arithmany. "Indeed Hanna, that sounds like quite a fair assumption to make," Ayana smiled at her student, but made no further comment. Today's lesson would change their perceptive on what they seem to know about numbers.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
One minute Ellie was sitting alone and the next an older boy in slytherin robes had chosen to sit down in the bench next to hers. At this school student’s weren’t shy or at least not this boy. Glancing sideways at him she replied quietly. "Cursebreaking would be so cool to practice, but i doubt that is what Professor Sissay has in mind with those objects on her desk." Because they obviously had a part in todays lesson. "I’m Eleanor or Ellie for short, by the way." She introduced herself since class hadn’t started and this boy was going to sit next to her for the next hours.
Ellie swallowed up what she was going to say her desk mate and stayed quiet as Professor Sissay got the lesson started introducing herself and the subject. Those golden robes we’re pretty. She got more alert and listened closely as Professor Sissay didn’t waste a lot of time before she tossed out some questions for them to answer. Ellie considered what she knew about Arithmancy for a moment and then deciding on an answer she raised her hand in the air to answer in a clear voice when it was her turn. "I’m Eleanor Smethwyck of Gryffindor house. One use of Arithmancy that i’ve heard of from my grandmother is that you can by studying the magical properties of numbers and numerology predict the future like a sort of divination by numbers. An example of that is that you with the help of the arithmancy’s numbers system where letters are assigned numbers created very long by the ancient greeks and later chaldeans get an estimate of which day for example a friend would be in a more receptive mood for say going on an exploration of the maize maze on the grounds." Taking down her hand and leaning back against her chair she hoped her answer was okay.
Eleanor is a beautiful name. Very regal, very proper. Once again however, the student mentioned name based arithmancy. Or in its catchier name, numerology. Ayana had opinions about this name, but this was not the time nor place. But ancient Greece! By Hypatia, what a wonderful answer. "Good answer Eleanor, you stated very specific uses for predicative numerology. I'd love to see how you would choose to perform these calculations," she nodded with a soft smile. She doubted Eleanor would willingly volunteer to do extra Arithmancy homework, but perhaps she'd figure something out.
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Originally Posted by Lady of Light “Hi.” Lenora couldn’t help but grin a little as Aaron sat next to her, already feeling a lot better. He was kind, patient, a lovely friend and the best violin teacher. She enjoyed being around him. “It has been a lousy morning for me.. hey, does my hair look nice?” She ran fingers through her messy hair, wishing again for the tenth time that morning, that she hadn’t woken up so late.
.. She turned to look at the professor, frowning just a little as she considered the question. It was a basic level question, really. The fourth year wasn’t exactly great with numbers but she was pretty good. Reasonably good. She waited for some of her fellow classmates to answer before raising her hand.
“Hi, my name is Lenora. Well, like what some of them have said, it helps to calculate future events.. be it tomorrow or ten years from now. It’s kind of like Divination, I suppose.. except with numbers.” Short and simple.
Like Eleanor, Lenora was another exquisite name. Her reply on the other hand... Well. Ayana could think of seven different remarks off the bat, but settled for a demure nod. "An interesting observation. Can you think of no other uses for Arithmancy than being a second rate method of predicting the future?" Ayana asked, momentarily pausing to stand and let the question sink in. Her reply might have been accurate, were they in a pre-Hellenic period and the great Arithmancers had yet to be born.
They've managed to make an odd discovery or two since then. Ayana smiled, mostly at her own little joke, and moved on to the next student.
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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Dorian straightened up in his chair as the door closed and placed his pen down neatly next to his notebook which he had been doodling on. He watched as the Professor moved around and he had to admit that her golden robe was beautiful, especially when it seemed to shimmer in the light. Purple was still the best color though. Go purple!
While he listened to the Professor's question, he waited until it was his turn to speak and lowered his hand. "Wasn't Arithmancy also used to value the names of combatants so that they could foretell the outcome of a battle?" he wasn't exactly sure about that though. "Oh! I'm Dorian Katharos by the way. Sorry, should have mentioned that first"
Ayana was about to respond to the young lad when he supplied his name, and her smile subsequently grew. Katharos, what a proper surname. Right out of ancient Sparta. ... Hmm, perhaps not Sparta. Maybe an island. "Yes indeed, this sounds exactly like what ancient kingdoms would use their numerology knowledge for," she said, and thought of her own country for a fleeting moment before moving on to the next student.
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Why her Professor was looking at her like that was quite puzzling. It made Nina highly skeptical. There wasn’t much time to dwell on this however, because she had immediately busied herself by sorting through her supplies. Pulling out each item and neatly placing it atop her desk. Quill. Ink. Parchment. The likes. As she adjusted her ink pot’s placement on the very left side of her table, she drew her gaze back up, noticing Missa and her ever-present smile. She gave the girl a polite grin in return, though it all felt slightly uncomfortable. If Nina were slightly less in-tune with her surroundings, she may have thought nothing of it. But she knew better than to assume the best and Missa was quite friendly with Keenan Burton. "Morning Missa," she'd rather play dumb. Mhm.
Nina was quite eager to learn something new, but caught herself engaging rather immediately. She quickly corrected her demeanor, needing to look mildly disinterested at all times. Lest she risk someone like Eloise taking notice of her delight.
Their Professor commanded the room rather elegantly, an admirable quality for a Professor to possess. It made paying attention a painless task. The questions posed were also rather interesting ones. There were most probably an infinite amount of uses for the subject. Nina’s immediate thought were along the same vein as what the Ravenclaw boy (Dorian) had just shared. When the mathematical system first arose it was tied to combat, though later the Chaldean’s would develop their own systems to gain insight on the universe at large.
While the Slytherin wasn’t entirely keen on some of the less stable uses for the subject, she appreciated it for the more practical uses. Curse-breaking, for example. Though this was perhaps an area where Arithmancy toyed with Defense Against the Dark Arts, dipping into an ever expanding territory where the two subjects were not entirely on their own. She imagined that curse-breaking would be much like puzzle-solving, with a higher risk, of course.
But instead of voicing any of her thoughts, the fourth year simply began noting them down alongside some of the answers her classmates gave (only the ones that weren’t entirely obvious— Classic Castillo Eye-Roll™).
The quiet one remained quiet, but she was taking notes so Ayana was happy. She'd catch her name later.
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Originally Posted by Harron Peasley Józef wasn't really listening to anything Professor Sissay was saying because he was still far more interested in the elephants. He was even straining to see them from his seat, because they were so cool and he was still intent on getting one.
But this meant that he only caught the tail end of what she was saying, and he really didn't have a clue how to answer the question.
So he was staying very quiet.
Another quiet one, but he was most definitely not paying attention. He seemed far too interested in the objects of desk still, which she did appreciate still, a little bit. "Young man, perhaps you could tell me, what does one need in order to perform a standard calculation in the field of Arithmancy you are familiar with?" Yes, you. Hello. "And your name please." Might as well.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Vita wasn't the best at arithmancy, but she tried hard and was willing to learn, so points for that, maybe? In any case, she had her parchment and quill out and she was ready to take all the notes because Merlin knew once exam time came around that she'd be needing all the help she could get to pass.
Raising her hand, the seventh year listened to her classmates while she tried to think of anything she knew about the subject and felt confident sharing with the class. "Vita Mallari, Professor. I believe when you're performing arithmancy, you assign numbers to your birth date and also your name."
Ah, wonderful, a prefect who still introduced herself. Excellent manners were always a bonus in her book. "Yes, that is part of what you do in numerology."
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Originally Posted by Felixir Listen. Kaiser was not very academically inclined. He was not one of those students that was likely to come up with an awe-inspiring response to a simple question. He was barely likely to come up with a simple response to a simple question, for that matter, but he would still have a go.
For a moment, he simply sat there, frowning in concentration as he mentally translated Professor Sissay's words, or at least as much as he could. 'On what parameters do these calculations depend?' Did that mean... what were the calculations based on? Or did it mean something else? Well, only one way to find out. Kaiser raised his hand.
"My name is Kaiser," he said when it was his turn to speak, forgetting to specify that that was his surname, as he rarely actually needed to do so in casual conversation. "The calculations in Arithmancy usually depend on names and birth dates." There. Simple answer. The less information he gave, the less likely he would say something incorrect. He was fairly sure what he had said was right, it was now just a matter of whether it had answered the question that had been asked.
Mr. Kaiser, the first brave one to face the apparently daunting question of parameters. He got an exceptionally warm smile from Ayana. "Quite correct, in numerology, we base some calculations on birth years, and most of them on names. Hold on to your answer for our next stage."
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Originally Posted by Govoni Still grinning, Aaron quickly dug for his notebook, quill, ink, and textbook, removing them all from his bag. Hopefully his awesome mood was a good omen for the day. Specifically in this class.
Sigh. Numbers.
.... aaand the only reason Aaron had anything to offer in this context was because of his late grandfather. He'd talked before about needing to use numbers for Runes study in relation to his Professorship in Egypt. "Aaron Botros, ma'am.... Cursebreaking is a big one. A NEWT in Arithmancy is required for the job." .... and also Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, and Ancient Runes. He'd wanted to be one once upon a time, so he'd researched. Obviously his mind had been changed. Potions remained a disastrous area for him, so it seemed rather impossible, anyway.
How wonderful! "Excellent! Cursebreaking depends on Arithmancy greatly, and is a great use of the subject," Ayana replied to Aaron and the class as a whole with a big smile. Cursebreaking is also the one saving grace of her subject amongst students. Something about it was "cool" and therefore made Arithmany a little less "dull", as a former student had explained.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone Lucas........ was starting to think that he probably should've gotten better sleep for this lesson. He understood numbers, he did! But he was stuck on the idea of these numbers in the world around them. It was a little hard to think on that scale, you know? The world was very, very big and he was very, very small.
Frowning slightly, he looked around the class, mostly looking at people as they answered but also looking at other things: the desks, the window, the blackboard. Anything. He couldn't think to the scale of the whole WORLD but maybe he could think of something in this classroom. Did it have something to do with objects and making objects? He doubted it. That was more muggle maths and other things and this was..... ~ magical ~.
But then someone, he didn't know who, mentioned personalities and something CLICKED! Before he knew it, his hand was up in the air and he found himself saying, "I'm Lucas. Lucas Dakest." Hello. "Uh, so, I think Arithmancy can help you figure out your, uh, relationships." He didn't know why but he found himself going pink on the cheeks. "Like, if you will get along with certain people or not. For family, friends, and, uh, other..... things......."
Could they open a window?
Ayana's smile grew and grew as she spotted this student of hers look around the room out of the corner of her eye. He may not know it yet, but he was more correct than all of his peers put together. ... Until that response. Oh dear. He was young, he had lots of potential still. "This would be a use of.. personality analysis through numerology? Quite right Lucas," she nodded, and looked around the classroom once again.
Ayana responded to each of the students in kind, smiling and nodding as they all voiced their thoughts, and committing their names to memory. On the inside however? She was quite perturbed. She knew, as all Arithmancers do, that name-based Arithmancy has taken over during the recent centuries and become the most popular of all the subjects within the world of magical numbers, but she wondered about the British curriculum. Were the rest of the topics covered only in Advanced Arithmancy? If that were the case, Ayana felt a great sadness for all the young minds who would have loved to learn about the wonderful ways of arithmalethilogy. To name but one.
"Name based Arithmancy is a vast and fascinating field," Ayana walked slowly as her hands circled the air to gesture just how vast the field was, before coming to a stop just in front of the air that she'd sectioned off with a rope before the lesson began. She had no qualms with it, and did enjoy lengthy debates on the topic. "What other uses have you heard of? Cursebreaking is a wonderful example, provided by Aaron," she nodded as she looked a few of her students in the eye, honestly and genuinely trying to gauge their knowledge. "And don't forget my second question; the parameters. Think about how you would carry out a numerological calculation. What do you need in order for that calculation to be possible?"
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