Basic Arithmancy Lesson 2: The Core II
 

As you enter the Arithmancy classroom, you notice the desks are covered with hundreds of color swatches and Professor Shackleon is pacing the front of the room with a eggplant-colored swatch in hand, comparing it to several different other colored swatches. As she notices the first students entering the room, she hurries to gather them all up and levitate them into a chest behind her desk.

She then rushes to her desk and organizes the different invitation styles into a pile and neatly places them in the bottom desk drawer. She greets you with a smile, "Good afternoon. Come on in and have a seat. Please open your textbook to the chapter on the Destiny/Expression Number. We'll begin shortly."

OOC: 1st-3rd years ONLY!

Arithmancy was FUN! Well if you focused more in class and liked numbers then yeah, it was really fun. Cam skipped and skipped all the way from the Gryffindor Common Room or now it was really the Slytherdor Common Room all the way down to the Arithmancy classroom--yes he could skip that much because skipping was one of his natural born talents! When he walked into the room, he a glimpse of Shackleton levitating things! OOOH. What kind of things? But she put it somewhere where he couldn't see it. HMPH.

"Hiiiii professaaaah!" He took a seat and opened the textbook he borrowed from one of the Gryffiesssss. Weee!

A few days back Sydney attended her first Arithmancy Lesson & now she was standing at the door-step of the same classroom for her second lesson...Woah! Doesn't time fly?

"Good Morning, Professor" Sydney said, smiling. She paced towards one of the front row benches...she liked sitting in front. Placing her bag on the bench, Sydney sat down and started to dig inside her bag.."What? NO quill!" Sydney said frowning... "Errr...Excuse me.. Do you have spare quill?" She said politely to a student sitting on a near-by bench....

Sydney took out her book and opened the chapter indicated by the Professor, waiting patiently for further instructions..

Aaron walked into Arithmancy once again and saw his proffesor in the front of the room. He gave him a smile and a "Hello, Professor Shackleton!" He then went to a seat, sat down and opened up his book to chapter seven. Time for another fun lesson!

Victoria walked into her second arithmancy lesson, she found a seat and waited for her friends.

Jule was excited for Arithmancy. It caught her interest since the first lesson. She saw Vicky and went to sit next to her. She then opened her text book to the chapter on Destiny/Expression Number.

Mariel smiled upon entering the Arithmancy classroom. "Hello, Professor," she greeted cheerfully as she looked for a seat at the front of the classroom. Oooh, what was she doing? Mariel's steps slowed as she curiously watched Professor Shackleton levitating something colorful. She always knew such cool spells, which reminded her that she still needed to ask her about those hairstyling spells she witnessed last term. Shaking herself out of her reverie, the third year quickly sat down and opened her textbook.

Mariel glanced up from her chapter as a girl next to her spoke. Nodding, she smiled as she reached into her bag and took out two quills. She noticed the girl was a Slytherin, so it didn't surprise her that she might not have all her supplies since they were still displaced. Laying one on her desk, she handed the other to the girl. "Self-inking," she said with a grin. Those were her favorite and, in her opinion, the most useful. "Do you have enough parchment?" she added as she dug through her bag for some for her own note-taking. "I have plenty if you need some."

Aaron was still a bit confused about the last lesson. So he raised his hand. "Professor, could you please give a brief review about the last lesson. I'm still a bit confused. A small summary would help." It is unlike Aaron to be confused about a subject. But, it was the first class of the year, he must have been overly excited and not paid attention that mcuh.

Professor Shackleton nodded, "Of course, though it will be brief because I don't want to take up too much of this lesson with a review of last lesson. We discussed the Life Path Number, which is a number of the Core that tells you both the road you will follow throughout your life and the talents and abilities that will help you along that road. It is calculated by adding the reduced day, month, and year you were born. I realize that is very brief, but if you have other questions, the textbook will likely help. Or you can ask a classmate for some help."

She wished she could have gone into greater detail, but they'd already covered that material and she couldn't spend too much more time on it. "Alright, so let's begin. What is the Expression/Destiny Number? What information can we get from it?"

Demetria's hand shot up. "The Expression/Destiny Number describes your life's purpose and what you are destined for." she explained. She wrote her answer down in her notes after she said it.

Cedric raised his hand,"It shows your life purpose,the target you are aiming for means to the things you want or aim for in life and also the field of work that will get along to your life path and it also shows what kind of opportunities that will be best for you."

"Thank you, sir." Aaron apreciated that he did that for him. He was probably the only one who forgot. Ughhh...

AAron took a look in his book, reworded it a bit, and raised his hand. "Sir, it is an element in the Core that describes your purpose, opprotunities for success, qualaties you should develop, your destiny, and the work that would be natural for your life path." Ugh! Right out of the book. Surely he would get a big WRONG for just copying the answer right out of the book.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "You're expresion/destiny number represents what one is meant to do in life and what sort of skills one should achieve in order to use those skills to persue a career meant to be good for one's life path number.".

Satine was beginning to love this class and shot her hand into the air, "Professor, your destiny/expression number helps you determine what your future holds for you and what you should do with your life." she finished with a smile.

Ivy flipped in her text until she found the correct chapter. She liked the idea that numbers could help her figure out her life goals. She took out her quill and began taking notes.

"Professor, isn't the Destiny number what you should work for in your life. Like it says what you should work for and what your life mission is? Ash askes rasing her hand

Expression Number? This shouldn't be a problem as Sydney had read her Arithmancy book thoroughly last night.. Sydney raised her hand..

"Professor, Destiny Number describes the talents and attitudes at our disposal in this lifetime, if we choose to develop and use them. It is sometimes referred to as our potential or destiny. Living up to virtues of this number may not be easy, but it is our goal & Unlike the Life Path number which reads as we ARE, the Destiny number more correctly reads as we MUST" She said, slightly out of breath & hoped that her answer wasn't too far-fetched..

Varius raised his hand, "Well, just going by the name miss I am sure it will calculate someoness thoughts and feelings toward a particular someone or something . For instance, I coud go OH MAGIC NUMBERSIES! TELL ME! WHAT DOES PROFESSOR SHACKLETON THINK OF MY SPIFFY TIE!" He grinned, "And I am sureeee, the number would tell me you LOVED it. Hm? Is that right???"

BAHAH! Mac is NOT a MAN! LOL! hahahahaha
 

"Very good, you three. Points for your houses."

"Excuse me? I don't know if you think you're being funny, but you will either address me as Professor Shackleton or as ma'am. No more 'sir' stuff, got it?" Honestly! How many men had long curly blonde hair and these big lips? Sure, she was taller than the average female, but she was wearing a skirt for Merlin's sake!

Trying to get her head back in the lesson and not focus on how that student could possibly thought her male, Shackleton retorted, "Um, wrong actually, on the first account at least. But I do enjoy spiffy ties." She winked before addressing the next student.

Professor Shackleton shook her head slightly, "Not particularly. That information is better told by the Life Path Number."

Using her hands to push herself up onto the desk, Professor Shackleton took a seat in the middle of her desk with her legs crossed at the ankles and her hands folded in her lap. She elaborated, "If someone told you that by living a certain way, you were guaranteed success, you'd want to know how to do it right? Well, that is what the Destiny Number can do for you. It can tell you what the best direction will be to take in order to obtain your major accomplishments. Most importantly, it points the way to living a fulfilled life.

"As your classmates mentioned, it describes your purpose in life. Both opportunities and inner resources will come from this Core Number. It describes the area of your life that must be explored, developed, and embraced for your soul to grow to its full potential and for you to be whole. Sounds like a lot to live up to, doesn't it?"

Professor Shackleton twisted at the waist and leaned back so that she could reach the top drawer of her desk. She pulled out a large bag of peppermint toads and closed the drawer behind her. Arranging herself in her original position, Macadrian took one toad out of the bag and began eating. She spoke to the class after swallowing, "Now, how to do we calculate the Destiny/Expression Number? There is a peppermint toad going to the people who get it right!"

Demetria raised her hand. "Well first you write out your full name, then you use the codes to calculate which number is for each letter, then you add the numbers of each of your names together, reducing ofcourse, then you add all of the numbers together and whichever single digit number ends up being the product is your Destiny Number." she explained. She hoped that was right. Dem had said it off the top of her head. She reallllly wanted a peppermint toad.

Cedric raised his hand,"Using the full name listed on your birth certificate, lay out your name and assign the appropriate number to each letter using the chart given in Chapter Two of this text. Figure each name separately, then add the reduced total of each name - first, middle(s), and last, then reduce that number to its single digit root number."Cedric answered reading the details in his textbook

Sydney raised her hand.."The number is derived from all of the letters in our full name, Professor. To get our Destiny number, we take each name separately and add up the letter values using the chart shown in our textbooks. Then we reduce each name to a single digit or master number and finally add the results of all the names to arrive at a total which we once again reduce to a single digit." Sydney said with a smile..

Herminny raised her hand again hoping she would be recognized this and said, "You assign each letter of you're first, middle,and last name usinng the Pythagorian number system and add then reduce each name seperately, then add each of the reduced numbers of each name and reduce that number to a single digit and tou have you're expression/destiny number.".

Woops, Aaron hadn't even realized he said sir instead of ma'am.

"I'm REALLY sorry, professor," he said in the most apologetic way he could. "It's just that, my dad taught me to say 'sir' to all my professors. And, since all my teachers in primary school were men, I developed this bad habit." It was true, he did. He said sir to everyone. one time, Aaron's class had a female substitute and he said sir even then. UGH! HOW EMBARASSING!!!

"And ma'am, you can find it by using your full name and assign each letter it's number by using the chart in chapter two. Do each name seperatly, then add the reduced total of each name, then reduce it to the root number." Ugh, Another answer strait out of the book. Hey, i'm not cheating, I'm just using my resources.

Satine shot her hand into the air, "To calculate your destiny number, you first write out your certificate the way it can be found on your birth certificate. Then, substitute each of the letters with a number using the Pythagorian number system in Chapter Two of the book. And then finally, add up the numbers of each part of your name and reduce them down until you're left with the root number, thus equaling your destiny number." wow that was a mouth full she thought.

OOC: I don't accept edited answers because it is impossible for me to know if you had it correctly written before others posted or if it was added after. If you wish to earn house points (and peppermint toads), please do not edit your posts.

Professor Shackleton nodded and reached into the bag. Tossing out peppermint imps, Professor Shackleton announced, "Candy for you three! Nicely explained."

Professor Shackleton listened to the boy's explanation and thought it sounded honest enough. "Very well, I understand. Just be sure not to make that error again. There are quite a few female professors at Hogwarts and I'm sure most, if not all, would take offense to being called 'sir'. So be sure not to let that slip out again." She reached into the bag and tossed Aaron a peppermint toad, "And here's some candy for your answer."

Placing two peppermint toads on her hand, Shackleton flicked a toad toward each student and cheered, "Eat up! Good answers all around."

Placing the bag of candy in her lap, Macadrian began to explain, "Your birth name can give a wealth of information. Your first name gives you the most personal lessons; your middle name reveals hidden abilities that you don't necessarily like; your last name tellsof the characteristics you've inherited from your family. And all together, you get the Destiny Number, which is what we are focusing on.

"Now, your classmates mentioned that we use the name on our birth certificates when figuring the Destiny Number. What if the name on the certificate is different from how you've been spelling it all your life? What do you think you do then?"

This one was obvious. "You would go with the name on your birth certificate because this is the name your parents chose based on their experiences. If you calculated a different name, it could effect your destiny or opprotunities and so on based on your destiny number." Did that make ANY sense at all?

Sarah had no idea what they were talking about so she decided to make something up, she wasn't very good at things like this. "Eh Professor did they make some sort of mistake on the birth certificates and then they couldn't be bothered to fix it." She giggled. "Or maybe they thought it would be funny to do it differently on the birth certificate."

Demetria raised her hand. "You would still use your birth name, wouldn't you?" she said. "It's the original name you were givin, therefore I think if you used anything else it wouldn't be accurate."

Dem raised her hand. "I think you would still use your birth name. Even though you were adopted, the name you have is not your original name that was on your birth certificate." she said. "Like you said before, not using the name on your birth certificate when calculating your Destiny number could be crucial." Dem explained. She then began smiling at the stroy of the girl who spelled her name wrong. That's something I would probably do. Note to self: make sure I've been spelling my name correctly.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "The name on you're original birth certificate is the only one that counts regardless to figure out one's destiny/ expression number, isn't it professor?".

"I would say both Professor." Smiled Sarah . "You would surely just get the same name, since when you are adopted you still use your original name don't you?" She was confused. "But if you do change your name you would surely use your original name." She was realy confused.

Aaron raised his hand again. He liked this class. It wasn't too difficult and it was fun. "Ma'am, it would be your birth name because, like I said before, your birth parents gave you that name out of their experiences. If you chose a different name, you would get different answers when you calculated your destiny number." ALRIGHT!!!

"Professor,I think that you would use the name that you have been given, like in the case of Ann who had been misspelling her name for years." Ash said raising her hand

Naomi raised her hand. "You would use the name on your birth certificate. IE the name you were originally given just like in the cases of misspelling."

Cedric just finish eating his peppermint candy then he raised his hand,"Using your birth certificate,of course,cause the certificate one contains very exact and original infos about you while some names that we are using for years is just like the case of misspelling and maybe they are nicknames given for us when we are such a baby.."

"Anyway,In other cases,Certificates also has errors cause sometimes the one who is writing about the infos of people's name were misspelled the name of the people so your parents need to contact the administrator of that sort of thing so they can sort your misspelled named on you're birth certificate."

"This is very true. Take a toad!" With a short toss, Macadrian launched a peppermint toad toward Dem, Grace, Ash and Aaron.

"Both? You're also right, thought for not quite the right reason. I appreciate your effort, so have a candy!"

"You are precisely correct! Yes! Excellent insight! Take two peppermint toads for that!

"Class, if you know your original birth name and you were adopted and given a new name, you use the original name to figure your official profile. Consider the original name the true essence of who you are. However, you will also want to figure a second profile for your adopted name, which is the energy you drew to you to work within this lifetime. In this type of situation, you will certainly have grown up living out the adopted name and so you'll want to see what energy has been influencing your life with this name. Then, with the two profiles you can piece together the story of who you really are."

"Aha! You both are thinking ahead! That was going to be my next question! If you don't know your original name and have only the adopted name to work with, you won't be working with your true essence, but rather with the influences of your adopted name. Your Destiny Number would indicate the type of energy and influence your adopted name has brought you in this life. It is not unusual for adopted children to sometimes feel unclear about who they are. Many Arithmancers would argue that without knowledge of their original names, these individuals may be experiencing a 'lost self.'"

Quickly shuffling over to her desk, Professor Shackleton took a sip from her mug, jotted a note about housepoints, and asked the next question, "So, what do we do with those babies who were given a name at birth and then their parents had a revelation and changed the baby's name within a day or two after birth? How do we handle this situation?"

Varius raised his hand, "I think it would rely on the first name put on the birth certificate, whether that is the first name the parents chose or the name they decided upon later."

"... and then when the baby gets older... have them chastise their parents for being so darn indecisive!"

Aaron thought hard about this one. Tricky. "Ma'am, you would go with the new name, because your original parents with the same experiences obviously went through more experiences to decide a name change. thus, changing your Destiny number. Had they no gone through those new experiences, your life would be a lot different." Shazam! Great answer.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "So many intresting scenarios this class but in this case yet again there is an original birth certificate name and according to the expression/destiny number that is the name to use regardless.".

Satine raised her hand, "Professor, I have to agree with Aaron, you would go with the new name because the parents are still the ones in charge of the name and they may have seen something that fits the child better, but only if they haven't put a name on a certificate yet. However, if the parents had already put the first name on the birth certificate and then changed it, they should use the first name." wow she hoped that made sense out loud.

Naomi was not sure of which name was to be used but she liked the idea of the second one. "I agree with Satine and Aaron, you would use the second name."

Up to this point Mariel had been unusually silent in Arithmancy class because, quite honestly, she was slightly confused. She wasn't sure which name to use for any of Professor Shackleton's questions because she could see the rationale in using either. So instead of voicing her answers which would have just seemed confuddled anyway, she settled for furiously scribbling down notes on her parchment. She may not have had the correct answer to begin with, but she would have it in her notes.

Upon hearing the last question, the 14 year old though for a moment, then listened to the others' contributions. Raising her hand, she offered, "I agree with..." random Gryffindor boy whose name she did not know "him." She gestured towards Fyo. He had made a good point about the second name being on the birth certificate. "You would go with what was listed on the birth certificate..." At least that's what seemed to be the current trend with the answers today, "but if the parents changed their child's name so close to birth, couldn't they have the name changed on the birth certificate? I mean, it could be reissued, right? And then you would go by that changed document... I think." Completely unsure now, she put her hand down and readied her quill to write down the correct answer in her notes.

Cedric raised his hand again,"The other parents can process about the late registration thing so the first one will be ignored and the latest will be the exact thing."

Trixie slowly raised up her quivvering hand. Arithmancy was never her strong point. "Well I guess that original name on their birth certificate since that is what the baby was known as at first. They were about to take on life with that name and the change of the baby's name was an abrupt change. So changing the name does not influence it." She was not sure if she was correct but it was worth a go.

Victoria put her hand up "Professor, you would use the first name they picked because it would be the name on the birth certificate."

Demetria shoved the peppermint toad in her mouth and thought over the question. Ooo that's a toughy..... after swallowing the delicious candy, she raised her hand. "They would still use their original name, wouldn't they professor? If it was the original name they were givin, even if the parents changed it afterwards, then that is the name they should use. Or, like you said before, couldn't they maybe combine the two names and put them together?" she asked. "Oh I have a question." she raised her hand again. "I know this is kind of a weird question, but what if the child was givin a name, then the parents changed it, then they were adopted? Would they combine all three names?" she asked.

Entirely impressed by the students' reasoning and not surprised that there was a fairly even split amongst opinions, Professor Shackleton clarified, "Ready for the official answer? If the name change was made official and the birth certificate was also changed shortly after birth, the NEW name is considered your original name. If no change was ever made on the birth certificate, than the first name would be considered the original name. You will, however, find it interesting to work out the "would-be" name in either scenario and see what energy that name would have carried for you.

"Points to the houses whose students answered correctly. Also, everyone gets a peppermint toad for trying - just come up here and reach in the bag."

"As you might expect, whichever name is officially on the birth certificate is the official name to be interpreted. Combining them would not be appropriate in that situation, but determining them separately would certainly be interesting."


"I have two more scenarios for you. First one, what if your name has a Jr. or Sr. or uses Roman numerals after your name? Do you include them in your calculations?"

Victoria walked over to get a peppermint toad, she went back to her desk and thought about the next question.

Satine took a bite of her toad as she thought about the answer to the Professor's question and then finally raised her hand. "Professor, thanks for the great treats today! I think you would have to factor them into your final calculations because these extras to your name also make you who you are in the future." she put her hand down and ate the rest of her treat! these were amazing!

Herminny put yet anoth pepermint imp in her bag because as stange as it may be she was not a child who liked sweets much. She listened to the next question and then raised her hand to give her two-sense and said, "Yes, I do believe you would caculate the jr or sr or Roman numeral into the caculation because it does appear on the birth certificate and it is part of the persons identity. But professor I have a question, how would one caculate Roman numerals with there name to get there destint/expresion number. I mean Roman numerals have no letters to get a number from Pythagorian number system so would you just treat it as a number, or use the number word like I-1-one to figure it out?".

Iris decided that there was no use shying away, she might was well give her opinions too - after all, Aaron and Satine were, those two were brilliant today! Iris was slightly jealous of the answers they had given, she wouldn't have worded her answers that well. So she raised her hand, "Miss, um. Professor, I think it would depend on a couple of factors, for example, If I were Iris Jr. - which I am not - and my parents and family called my such, then I think I would use that in my calculations, as I acknoledge the 'Jr.' every day, However, if my Family just called me 'Iris' and only had the 'Jr.' on my birth Certificate, then I would not include them in my calculations, as the title, I guess you can call it a title, isn't ever actually used, and therefore woundn't affect me directly. Like, I could have been bullied for the formality of the 'Jr.', which would ultimately change what would happen to me, in terms of family, social and career lifes." Iris said all of this rather quickly, and really hoped that it made sense. She looked to Professor Shackleton, and then to Aaron and Satine, and gave them both smiles of relief.

Aaron looked over at Iris as she gave her answer. When she was done Aaron mouthed the words good job to her. Unfortunetly, Aaron had a different opinion.

He raised his hand and said, "Professor, I think it would be whatever is on the birth certificate. If there are jr.'s and roman numerals then I think you would calculate it. By the way, professor. Are there jr.'s and roman numerals on birth certificates?" Aaron didn't even know if they were or not.

He looked over at Iris again to see how she thought of his answer.

Mariel nodded at the younger Slytherin boy's answer. It seemed as if you always went with what was on the birth certificate. "Again, I think you should go with what's on the birth certificate," she offered with a raise of her hand. "I think Junior and the like may be found on the official record... But not Senior since that child's parents would have no way of knowing if he would go on to have his own child or even name him after himself, so that wouldn't be on a birth certificate." Shrugging as she thought she might be rambling a bit, the 14 year old turned back to her notes.

"Professor, I think that you would use the Jr. in your name because it is a part of your name, that is on your birth certificate" Ash said raising her hand

Xehanna had been quiet most of class but finally thought she knew the answer. She raised her hand then said "Wouldn't you still use the exact name on the birth certificate? That's how you figured it out so you would still use the same way." she said feeling very smart but hoping she was right.

Cedric raised his hand,"Umm,I bet that we should conclude and use it in our calculations,Prof.Roman numerals uses the letter of the alphabet right so we can also give the appropriate number to those roman numerals.."

Dem went up and took another peppermint toad. I knew there was a reason I liked this class. she thought to herself. She raised her hand again. 'You would use the numerals, right? Because you destiny would be different then your father or your father's father." she said.

Satine thought about the new scenario the Professor had presented as she ate her toad...she raised her hand timidly, "Well, I would say that if we are just determining the destiny number which only uses the letters of the name then if they have exactly the same name from first to middle to last then it would be the same, but their other core numbers would differ because of birth dates, etc." she hoped she was right and didn't sound stupid.

Aaron WAS going to say that it would be the same, but then he heard Satine's answer. He never would have thought of that. So he raised his hand and said,

"I agree with Satine, ma'am." He then preceded to count up all his frogs he recieved that day so far. Hmmm... DO you think Iris would accept these as her winnings from the bet? he thought to himself.

Iris raised her hand again. "Well, Professor, when I was reading my text book, I read somewhere that everything - the life number, the destiny number etc... get put together to determine your overall path thing. so your over all Arithmancy profile would differ from that of your parents'." she said, cursing herself for forgetting what it was called - after all she was only a first year, surely it wasn't that bad to not completely remember everything, she hoped it still made sense though, "Also, like Satine just said, we have middle names, which are chosen by our parents because they thought it suited us, so if we included those when calculating our destiny number, then we would end up with a different number to our parents or grandparents." she added, hoping dearly that her answer was some what correct.

Cedric raised his hand,"Its depend on the person ,Even if their name was the same as others,it will be different cause of the abilities,personalities they posses inside.Everyone one of us had different personality so even if we had same names including its spellings and pronounciation,It will still be different because like everyone said,Our life is in our hands"Cedric explained hoping that it would suffice.How tricky Profffff MAAAAAAAAAAC,I shouldn't give my best answer to your last question.

Demetria raised her hand. "Ok so if we cancel out Roman numerals, and to find your Destiny Number you add together the numbers of your name, then wouldn't you have the same destiny as everyone esle with your name? Because adding your birthdate to it would make it incorrect right?"

Professor Shackleton nodded in agreement, "Precisely! Take a peppermint toad!"

Professor Shackleton informed the class, "As Satine has stated, if we are strictly speaking about the Destiny Number, it will be the same as any other person with the exact same name as you. However, the entire Arithmancy profile would not be the same at all because many numbers are calculated using your date of birth, which would be entirely different from a parent or grandparent with the same name. Within the Core, the Life Path Number would be entirely different and so how the Destiny Number fits in with the Life Path would completely be altered versus a parent. And so, while many things will be common to those with the same exact names, there will also be many differences."

She gave the students enough time to take notes before concluding, "What I want you all to gather from our discussion is that the name on the birth certificate is always the name you use to calculate the official Destiny Number and that addenda like Jr. or Sr. are not factored into the calculation. Are there any questions up until this point?"

Iris quickly made some notes about what Professor Shackleton was saying, Iris really didn't want to forget any of it. The then put her quill down and thought about every thing. Nopes, she pretty much understood it, meaning no questions to ask.

Satine smiled at the Professor, "Thank you for another toad, Professor." She took the toad and started eating eat. These things were great. She wrote down everything the Professor said and knew that she actually understood what was going on. She was liking this class a lot.

Isabella who had some confusion seemed to be cleared about her doubts...so no doubts till here...she waited for the professor...

Oooh, professor had beaten Grace! She knew the answer, just it her too long to put her thoughts in order. Grace sighed and dropped her hand to the desk, disappointed. She didn't have any questions, so she just waited for her to ask another scenario.

Herminny raised her hand for like the umpteenth time and said, "You caculate the destiny number by assigning each of the letters of you're first, middle and last name a number based on the Pythagorian number system. From there you add up you're first middle and last name seperately till you have two or three one digit numbers based an whether you have a middle name or not. From there you add the 2 or three digit numbers together till you are left with one one digit number and that is you're destiny number.

Cedric raised his hand."First assign each letter's number using the pythagorean system designed by Pythagoras.Then add your first name,middle name then last name using the reducing method then adding together.At last,add the remaining numbers using then numbers you get in your name,At that point,you'll get your destiny number.Want some examples,Prof Shackleton?"

Sydney raised her hand after reading the steps, "Professor, I'll like to do it" She said & walked over to the board and started calcullating the Destiny Number for Professor. Shackleton.

"Professor, I'm done...can you please check?" She said, going through her calculations again.

Cedric raised his hand ready to give the best answer that he can,He gently come to the board then he started calculating their Professor Mac's destiny number

"I'm finished Prof Shackleton."He said wondering if he have to also give the findings.

Satine stood up and walked to the board, stood beside the other student, and wrote out:

Satine turned to look at the Professor to see how she had done.

Linda was working in silence.But now,she thought she'll point out that she was there too.She had a headache.

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Macadrian Ashling Shackleton M A C A D R I A N 4 + 1 + 3+ 1 + 4 +9 + 8 + 1 + 5 = 37 3 + 7 = 10 1+0=1 A S H L I N G 1+1+8+3+9 + 5+7 =34 3+4=7 S H A C K L E T O N 1+8+1+3+2+3+5+2+6+5 38 36 3+6=9 1+7+9 =17 =1+7=8

Iris scribbled the method down, then wrote down Shackletons full name down on a piece of paper, before working it out on the paper, completly ignoring the people getting up. She then stood up and copied her calculations onto the board:


Professor Shackleton. "I've finished, Will you please check to see if it is right or not." Iris said, looking at the other peoples work for the first time, to see how hers compared. She knew this wasn't the best thing to do (as her mum told her that it wasn't good to compare your self to someone else), but she wanted to see what the others had written.