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What game was she playing? He had already guessed before in his head but did she want them to guess out loud? He didn't think so yet since she said they would wait for others so he took out a spare sheet of parchment and wrote it down on there ready to flash it up when she asked. Just like a game show! Fuuuun! SPOILER!!: Riley's Parchment |
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"Morning Professor", said Claire as she approached the front of the class. She smiled down at Emily and took a seat next to her. "Where'd you run off to this morning? I couldn't find you anywhere", she said as she pulled out her parchment ane quill. |
o_______O What the? Lexi looked at her BOOTS and the slightly raised back portion and shook her head. "Comfortable shoes... I thought that was what I had worn, Professor. Sorry the heel of these makes a noise..." she said with a grimace. Points loss for that... hardly seemed fair. |
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Emily was all about classes and homework, classes and homework and if she had the time she would fit in private study.... but she still had time to socialise of course. She wasn't that much of a bookworm. |
Uh huuuh... Well, best not bug a professor while they're busy. Even if it was sooooo tempting to poke her in the shoulder until she messed up with whatever she was doing. Really, what was with the sticks? Sitting down in her middle seat and taking out her notebook, quill, and ink, the Slytherin opened to a new page before glancing over to see what got the professor so...eh? Hehe. Not that Evelyn minded of course. Though she did wonder if the Professor was going to be like this the whole class. Playing with those sticks. What were they!? |
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Jake tapped his finger on the board. "What... what does it say?" He looked up at the cursive writing and glaaaaaaaaaared at it. "What... do... you... sayyyyyyyy?!" Heh. Comfortable shoes. Good job he was wearing his Iron Man sneakers. BOOYAH. But yes... the scribbles... "Oh... and if this lesson has anything to do with muggles I'll... well... be pretty bored of them to be honest." Bad mood? NOOOOOO! Never! |
Salander's head spun around between the Professor and Lexi, eyes growing large when the Professor docked 5 pts from Gryffindor. Over shoes. He leaned back in his seat, which unfortunately is as far as he's gonna get from the Professor since he chose to sit front and center. Did she just ask what game she was playing? Uhm.... kinda obvious innit? "Pickin'-up Stix?" he mumbled oh so quietly |
Chloe walked into class just as the professor was repremanding a student of her own house for not wearing comfortable shoes. She cringed hearing about the 5 point loss. She had not remembered that rule herself but she was wearing her regular black flats which were certainly comfortable enough, thank goodness. She quickly made her way furtherinto the classroom and sat down not saying a word. She then took out her supplys of parchment and a quil and waited for class to start. |
Pick up sticks Patroclus siad emotionless, not want to express the fact that he was not very happy that the class had started off with point lose, for such a trivial matter as Heel hight, and after all, Lexi was in boots not helss. But Patroclus stayed quite, he would not lose them more points, but hoped that the Professor would see the error of her ways. |
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Pity she hadn't seen him earlier, though. She'd have sat next to him. Bleh. Then again, maybe more focusing would happen if there weren't friends within talking distance? On that note, back to focusing on focusing. |
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The young teen gave her friend a sideways partly suspicious and partly confused look. She wouldn't say anything about the look now, maybe after class, but not now, now was not the time. Instead she just continued to look at him before turning her attention to the professor when she spoke. Yea. She knew it was a game, but name of the game still escaped her. Whatever. Digging through her bag, she pulled out her quill and some parchment for the lesson. |
SPOILER!!: Ellie Oh, and she was smiling already, he was almost certain it was thanks to the advice he'd given her. For whatever reason the boy was actually grabbing his bag, as if he was leaving his own seat to sit next to her...until, he shook his head. Whaaat was happening to him? It was all Hadley's fault, yeah, that was it. He'd blame her before. SPOILER!!: Arya <3 He felt eyes on him. And so he returned the favor and looked the person back. Arya. "Why--" was she looking at him like that? Treyen frowned and decided it was best to keep his eyes away from Ellie, from Arya, and probably from Hadley. The chalkboard will get his full attention now. Lucky chalkboard. |
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Raven is familiar now to raised hand before speaking in class. SPOILER!!: prefect patty Raven glanced at his Prefects, seem like all Gryffindor didn't happy on Professor deduction on point. Raven murmured "Prefect Patty, our hope being School Champion this year is like finding a needle in a hay" |
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Kurumi frowned as she took a seat next to Patroclus and set all her school books our on the table with her parchment and quill ready. "Hey," she said gloomily. More minus points...this time over shoes. What a waste. Leaning over the desk a bit, Kurumi recognized the game immediately. "Professor, I believe you are playing Pick-up Sticks," she said with her hand raised despite class not officially beginning yet. "I believe the game first began in China and was actually used for Divination purposes. There is a nursery rhyme that goes with it as well... One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door. Five, six, pick up sticks. Seven, eight, lay them straight. Nine, ten, a big fat hen. Eleven, twelve, dig and delve. Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting. Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen. Seventeen, eighteen, maids a-waiting. Nineteen, twenty, my stomach's empty. ." Kurumi put her hand down still feeling a it gloomy about her house losing points. |
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And then the blond girl interrupted her thought process again. Hmm? What? Not high heels? Swallowing, she looked at the boots for the first time since the girl entered the classroom. Not entirely the most comfortable shoes, but not heels either. "Oh, my apologies." She said, shaking her head and reversing the rubies silently. Sigh. Lions. Quote:
Tossing a small smile in his direction, she said quietly, "It says, 'Please take a seat and have your parchment and quill ready. Class will begin shortly.'" Um what? The kid didn't like muggles? Shame... Because some of their games were actually quite entertaining; and not as distracting nor dangerous as quidditch was either. SPOILER!!: Ohai pick-up-sticks! "Yes, the game is indeed called pick-up sticks. Fabulous game, mind you. Requires quite a bit of focus and perhaps if we have some time, you guys can play it too." Josephina said, as she slid off her desk and stood before the class, glancing around for the first time at the students who were present. Some new students ... but quite a few returning students were present. "And thank you, Kurumi for the re-visitation down memory lane with that nursery rhyme." "For those who are new to Arithmancy, welcome. For those returning, welcome back and well, I think you might find the lessons planned this year a bit ... different than in past, but hopefully enjoyable still." She started off. "I'm Professor Hadley, for those who don't know. And I'd like to start off by asking you for some good methods you've either used personally or know about from others about ... helping you with numbers. I guess you could say counting aides?" ooc: class has begun. Any late posts (or chatting unless otherwise directed) after this WILL be subjected to point loss. No exceptions. *eyes* |
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Slowly she put her hand up, "Professor Hadley, by counting aid do you mean somehting along the lines of a calculator or abacus?" she asked uncertainly. She was very tempted to read into her bag and pull out the text book.... |
Pick up sticks. Huh, she still never heard of that game before. In fact, it looked kinda boring. However, the mention of lessons being different caught her attention. Their lessons weren't going to be muggle based were they? Like other classes they had? Because Evelyn was going to throw a fit if that were the case. Counting aides? To tell the truth, Evelyn was a bit confused on what was being asked. Merlin, maybe she was coming down with something. "Do you mean like, using your fingers to help you count?" she asked after raising her hand. Was that what she meant about counting aides? Eh? Not that she did that. |
"Erm, one the best aides I have learned with working with numbers is take it slow and if the problem is long take it one step at a time. You don't want to do math too quickly and get it wrong and you don't want to get syched out just cause the problem is long. Thise two things have helped nme a lot over the years. I have a funny feeling that is not what you mean but that is the best I've got" Chloe said with her hand raised high. |
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Eager to contribute anyway Claire raised her hand. "Is it like doing math using visual aids to represent numbers?" asked Claire, then she continued, "Like using cubes or blocks or beads to count?" she added still a bit confused about counting aids. |
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She turned her attention back to the professor when the woman said something about students new to Arithmancy. That'd be Sierra. She was pretty much new to everything at this point. She did, however, know the answer to the first question. Counting was something she'd been familiar with for a while. Raising her hand, she said, "What about tally marks? Where you make four lines and then cross them out to get a total of five?" |
Smiling at Kurumi who had choosen to sit by his side, and then smiling more still when Lexi recieved an apology, Patroclus went to answer, but was beaten to his answer, by none other than Miss Flores-Shepard. Gah, her and her fingers! Quickly racking his brain for another idea, Patroclus had to think hard about what he used to count, "Professor would stacking, count?" He asked, before applying an example, "For example I find it easier to count, let's say money, when I seperate them into allotments then add the seperate totals into one grand totals." It was the perfect solution for someone who always got easily distracted, AKA Patroclus. |
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