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Arithmancy Two: Families & Their Name Number Back to "normal", the Arithmancy classroom had refashioned itself over the few days since the last lesson. The chairs and desks were now arranged in a semi-circle, with the larger desk for Hadley completing the circle. It almost looked like how one might imagine a Kindergarten classroom to appear, minus the large desks with a shelf under them. Professor Hadley sat perched in the chair at her own desk, her hands placed neatly on top of it. There were however, two items that were normally found in her office which seemed to have made their way to the classroom. If you'd visited the Professors office, you might recognize the faces in the photographs - one containing the Professor herself with her two sisters and the other of her parents. "Take your seats, we'll begin shortly," Hadley said, rather cheerfully. The lesson has begun... If you missed RPing your characters entering just pretend like you've been here the whole time. =) What is Family? Pros/Cons of Different Types of Families. List them. Massive Listing of Above XD How to calculate the family name number |
Now this was a class she always looked forward to! Or...she was until she was just outside the classroom and realized she didn't bring a quill and brought the wrong notebook. What...what was this? Some cruel way to get back at her for putting off her Transfiguration homework for so long!? Cruel world! Walking into the classroom anyhow, not feeling like walking all the way back to the dungeons from the second floor, the Slytherin sighed at the circle like way the desks were situated before smiling sweetly to the professor. "Good day, Professor Hadley." she said, taking a seat at the desk next to the Professors. Eh, might as well. It was close to the door too so she could stare others down as they came in. Fun times. Fuuuun times. |
Emily dragged her feet, somewhat reluctantly into the classroom. She was incredibly tired, her eyes struggling to stay open. "Hello Professor Hadley" she said, making the effort to smile. She sumped into a seat at the front of the class, hoping the proximity to the Professor will keep her awake. She began to take out her writing materials and set them on the desk in front of her. |
Since the last lesson was quite successful in Ellie's opinion, she decided to actually attend the next. "Hii Professor Hadley." LOOK! We're HERE. Heh. Ellie walked in and around to the far side of the classroom to take a seat. And yes, her camera was back. BEAM. |
Caroline sluggishly walked into the Artithmancy classroom. Although the most of the time she didn't understand the class, she did her best, and usually worked out good for her. She had to admit that Professor Hadley was one of her favorites this year. She walked by the professor's desk on the way to finding her on seat. "Good Morning, Professor Hadley"Caroline said, gleefullly. She found at seat with no one else around yet and took a seat. She put her bag on the desk and pulled out what she needed for the class, notebook, quill, and textbook. Check check and check. All that was left to do is to wait for class to start. |
Running, running, running, stopping, trying to stop, skidding. Bushy tailed and wide eyed, Ivory skidded past the doorway just a tad out of breath. Ooooh, what kind of prefect was she anyway. Running late and interrupting. She'd never keep her badge at this rate. Lips parting apologetically to excuse herself, she paused just inside of the classroom. The near empty classroom. "Oh." Oh, was right. Yes...well...hmmm. It would seem she was not late after all. Staring down incredulously at her charmed wristwatch, she shook her wrist energetically.... as if that alone would make the apparently running fast minute hand drop back. Gah. It would seem glaring at the watch face made no difference. She'd rushed, dressed in a hurry, ran flights of stairs wearing two different socks only to be right on time and maybe even a little early. Exhaling a sigh that sent her longs bangs up and out of her eyes, she walked all the way into the classroom with a smile towards the woman sitting behind the desk. "Hello, Professor." Plopping down on one of the front seats, she leaned back slightly. Now to catch her breath and get rid of that ridiculous hammering feeling in her chest that always happened when she woke up late. Or well, 'thought' she woke up late. |
Walking into the classroom Emily smiled at the teacher. "Good day Professor!" Good job she was in a good mood today. The letter was still in her bag! She bounced to her seat and took out her things. Hopefully the lesson would keep her in this good mood. (They happened only rarely!) |
Arithmancy, whoo! It was a class Vashti always liked, and so she was usually in a good mood when there was a lesson. This day was no exception. She entered the classroom and greeted Professor Hadley with a smile. "Hello, Professor," she said, before quickly finding a seat. She set her bag down on the floor by her seat then pulled out her textbook, quill, and notebook and set them on her desk. |
Jaina sat down at a desk and said "Hello, Professor." She pulled out her notebook for class, along with her quill, sketch book from Charley, and her drawing pencil. She'd spent all night and most of her free time working on a drawing of an abraxan for Ben and it had to be perfect. |
Arithmancy. Not one of K-Lee's favourite subjects. She had never been very good at it, but she atill was giving it a go. Walking into class, K-Lee sat down on one of the seats. Now remembering she had forgotten to greet the professor, she quickly did so. "Hello professor." she just had to hope the lesson wouldn't be too hard. |
As he entered the room and headed for the back of it, Jake gave Hadley an 'mmmm' of greeting, clearly not in any mood to be anywhere. He sat at the back and siiiiiiighed, as though he NEEDED the rest. And he did. With a slight smile, Jake just... sat. |
Claire walked into arithmancy feeling tired. She never got enough sleep. Oh well. It wasn't going to keep her from doing as well as she could in class. She wouldn't let it. As she walked past the professor's desk, she smiled and said, "Hello, Professor Hadley." It wasn't the most original thing to say, but it was better than saying nothing, right? |
Yay for Arithmancy! Perhaps, next to Care of Magical Creatures, it was Kurumi's favorite class because there was almost always a logical answer. It felt refreshing to Kurumi right now to have something constant, something definite, and the feeling probably showed on Kurumi's face as she bounced into the classroom. "Good day, Professor," Kurumi smiled before taking a seat. The layout of the room confused Kurumi for a moment and the pictures of Professor Hadley's family made her even more so. Thinking about her family was probably one of the last things she wanted to do right now. |
Ah another day another arithmacy class which was a good thing since Simon fairly enjoyed and did well in the subject so he was looking forward to it. Stepping inside the classroom with his bookbag over his shoulder, he glanced around taking in the layout of the room since it tended to change as well as the students already there. "Hello professor," he greeted with a polite nod before crossing to the other side of the room. Taking a seat at one of the desks and setting his books on top as he waited for class to begin. |
Jacob walked into the arithmancy class, greeting the professor with a loud yawn. He wanted to go to bed, today was going so slowly, and he hadn't gotten enough sleep last night, he had studied for OWLs all last night... today was not a day for anyone to mess with him. He walked over to a emtpy desk and put his bag down, before dropping himself into the chair, "UGHH!" he groaned loudly and his head smacked down onto the desk, he wasn't really sure when the last time he was so tired.... oh yeah, yesterday. Stupid OWLs. |
Luin walked into the Arithmancy classroom, said, "Hello Professor" then looked around and quickly found a seat at the front of the class. She quickly pulled out her supplies and sat back in her seat, thinking as she twirls her quill with her fingers. This term had been quite a lot of work so far. She glanced around the room, hmm, they definitely needed more ravvies to participate more, they needed to make up on their points. |
Selina walked into the classroom yawning. She had been up the night before working on practicing her Potion making for Lafay's class. When it hit midnight she had already lost track of time and was well into her study period. Only at that time did she notice how late it was and she scurried off to bed. Now, the morning after, she was feeling the effects of her late night. She passed the Professor's desk and said, "Morning Professor." Then Selina took her seat and waited for class to begin. |
Elle tied her hair up in a pony before entering. Hair as neat as possible, she chose a seat somewhere in the middle of the class and took out the necessities: notebook, quill and textbook. But of course, before sitting, she greeted the Professor. "Good morning, Professor Hadley," she said with an earnest smile. "Can't wait for class!" |
Lucy entered the room and saw someone had already taken her seat. oh, she didn't like that, that was so bad. Never mind i'll take the other seat she thought and looked for some better seat. She got a seat and sat there. She looked at Professor and said "Hey Professor, how's the day?" and smiled. |
Iris walked into the classroom. Arithmancy... the perfect way to start the day, really. Today, she'd scraped her hair back into a pony tail. Being honest, Iris couldn't be bothered with looking as perfect as she could EVERY day. It was too much effort. Offering Professor Hadley a smile as she entered the room, Iris then walked over to her usual seat, and begun to take her things from her bag. As Iris took her quill out of her bag, she noticed the photos that were in the classroom. She raised her eyebrow slightly, wondering why they might be needed. |
The last lesson sort of bored him. Well, in all fairness to Professor Hadley, almost all of his lessons bored him these days. He needed a boost of some sort, probably a letter from a certain Durmstranger will do, so as to bring his spirit or essence back to his body, so as to stop him from being both a slacker and procrastinator. He was preparing for the upcoming NEWTs, however. And that wasn't really slacker-ish. Cedric lingered on the threshold of the room for some seconds... for no particular reason but you could say he was just fighting the urge to walk away. With mustered courage and willingness to do so, he walked into the room and gave the professor a small smile with a "Good day, professor" and then he, of course, walked to his usual seat: the one in the front row. |
Alex walked into the classroom happily. He wasn't late and he wasn't wearing his chicken costume. Yes, it all pointed to the fact that young Mr. Reed was shaping up. Nevermind that it had taken four of his friends to get him out of the chicken suit which he had insisted he would wear to class. "Good day Professor." he smiled and took a seat. So, right Arthimancy. Numbers and such right? Yay for a class that made him look stupid. |
Arithmancy--it was a subject Sierra neither hated nor loved. She was on the fence about it, pretty much. With a rather blank expression on her face, she pushed open the door to the classroom, walked inside, and... ...immediately perked up. Oh, look! Evelyn's here, too! Maybe Arithmancy wouldn't turn out to be so meh after all. It seemed like it'd been weeks since Sierra had seen her older Slytherin friend. Sure, they'd been at Quidditch practice together, but at the same time, practice didn't allow much catching up time, now did it? Sliding into an open desk next to Evelyn, Sierra turned her attention to her friend. "Hey, Ev," she greeted. She should probably say hello to Hadley, too, right? With a glance up to the front, she added, "Morning, Professor Hadley." |
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"Good day, Miss Hollinberry. Always a pleasure." Hadley said, returning the smile. SPOILER!!: Captains! And in walked half of the Quidditch Captains; it was nice to see them focusing on some definitive and logical classes, in addition to just Quidditch. Except... Err ... Why was Jacob groaning? Did he get a splinter or something? Wouldn't surprise Hadley in the least. "Captain Bennett? Would you mind seating yourself near your fellow Captain? Keep an eye on him and make sure he's alright. I don't want to have to bother the Healer for something that might be prevented." Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Two Slytherins Just as Professor Hadley was about to close the door, two young Slytherins slipped in. "Good morning Mr Reed. Miss Greingoth." She said, acknowledging the two young snakes, before flicking her wand at the door, which closed. "Well I guess we might as well start, as seems like many of you are present. Now I assure while the first part of the lesson might seem dull, it will hopefully get better. So bear with me." She paused letting this sink in for a moment. "For those of you who have been to my office, you might have seen these photographs I brought with me today. They are indeed, my family. There is a lot of changes happening in the wizarding world, much of your views about the world, your beliefs might be influenced by your family. Your backgrounds. I'm not here to change that, but I am here to remind you to keep an open mind. Remember that while you love your family, they might not always be right. You have to do what is right and develop your own ideas and beliefs. So before I go further... What is family? Who are they? What does it mean to you as a person? To who you will become?" |
UGH. REALLY?! Jake full on SCOWLED. Was she RUBBING IT IN?! The young man raised his hand and said in only a sliiiiiiiiiiiiiightly furious manner: "Families are not fixed, and they don't HAVE to influence your views. Also, they suck. Families can go... fly a kite." Except his dad. His dad was cool. And Jake was not bitter at all. PFFYEARIGHT. |
Family? Trixie raised her hand at the question, though it was quite a hard one to answer, it was all down to a matter of opinion after all wasn't it? "I think there are two types of family. The first is your blood family, those that are related to you and offer you all the support and kindness and care for you no matter what and you love them with all of your heart. Like my parents, I'd say they were the closest family I have, as well as my cousins" A few of which resided in this school. "I think these are the types of people that are likely to change your opinion at a younger age for they have more influence upon you. For example if your family were say, Vegans, then they'd most likely want you to be a Vegan too and therefore your opinion has been influenced already" she stated. But the Head Girl also had a differing opinion. "However, I think I also have another family. Although we may not be related in blood, I have people that I am incredibly close to and they treat me like their family. They do all the things your natural family do and sometimes even more. My Hogwarts family as such. I think these type of people are more likely to influence you at an older age. Your best friend could convince you to do things.." Yes Oliver. Managed to convince her to distract the Whomping Willow whilst he attempted to chop a branch off. "...That perhaps your family might not be able to do. They can change who you are likely to become as much as blood family can." And that was what family meant to her. |
Jake looked at the head girl, finding himself calming down... slightly. See... that was what HE said. "You see... what I did there is I encapsulated that answer into a nice bite-sized morsel," he said to the Professor with a firm little nod. Clearly |
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Taking a quick glance at the photographs, her expression turned somewhat bored...before scowling at the mention of changes and views...and family. This didn't have to do with all this statute and muggle stuff did it? Well actually, she'd rather talk about THAT then talk about family. Well, just as long as her main family wasn't brought up, would be allllll good. ...Fly a kite? Huh. Some could go do more then that. Pffft. "Family are people who are related to you by blood or marriage." she said, lowering her hand before continuing. "But family can also be considered as your close friends. People who you are comfortable around, feel safe with, people who'd you protect and help whenever needed and know that they'll do the same for you. Like...your bothers and sisters outside of your family family." She was quite picky with her 'family' though. Should she mention something about picky-ness and choosing friends and family wisely? |
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Emily raised her hand nonetheless. "Family... usually refers to a persons biological heritage- so parents and grand parents so to speak. However it is not limited to biology. Close friends and non-blood-related releatives may also be considered family. Families also come in various shapes and sizes and whilst we may not all get along with one another at the best of times, we are... for the most part, a constant presence in each others lives, and we are there to support one another when we are needed most. Unless you are unfortunate enough to have a 'family' biological or other that wish bad things to happen to you... in which case you're better off without them." Emily often thought she'd be better off without her parents, but when push came to shive she knew deep down her parents cared about her. They cared about her enough to set her up with a handsome, rich, pure-blood wizard whom she wasn't in love with, forcing her into a marriage she didn't belive in... but that was the last thing she wanted to think about. Looking down at her parchment she wrote a single word: Family. |
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...Changes to the wizarding world? Sure, Ellie'd noticed the changes at Hogwarts but, the whole Wizarding world? She was unaware of this. Is this what you get for being cooped up at school? Geeeez. Hadley wasn't elaborating...and Ellie was curious...so... "Professor..." Heh. Hiii. "What changes?" DO tell. Cuz apparently she was sheltered. Family. "A family is people. And love. And there's all different sizes and kinds." But hers is just right for her. Yeah. |
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She opened her book and stared at the page. Not reading, just staring. "A family is supposed to be there for you. They're supposed to care and support you." Emphasis on the word supposed. "But that dosen't all ways happen. In fact, it rarely happens." Well, she didn't know this. She was probably wrong, but that was what her family was like. Ok. She was going to stop talking now. 'Just look at the page and hopefully they'd get off the family topic.' |
What were families? Finlay frowned, poking a hole throw his parchment. "Families are annoying." His one was anyway. Well actually really it was only his parents that were annoying, his siblings were pretty cool. Although he did think after speaking that his answer probably wasn't the best answer to the question. "I think family comes under two definitons though. The ones you pick, like your friends, and then the |
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Nodding at the girl, she smiled. "Yes your close friends. But just as you should be open minded about views presented your way in the media, you need to be open about your friends. Not picky or selective, but well, just open. You never know who you might meet with that openness." Mmmhm. Not that she was picking on Evelyn or anything, but she knew that Slytherins in particular tended to have this superior view of themselves, limiting their sight. Quote:
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What changes? "Well nothing drastic except ..." Oh gosh, how was she supposed to word this? Gulp. Swallow. "There are people who want changes in the wizarding world. Some of their changes they want are for the good. They want to help." Yup. Something like that would do... for now. For now while they worked on something. "If you haven't done so already, I'd like for you to take out your notebooks and a quill. Draw a line down the middle of each side of the paper. On one half write 'pros', the other side of the line write 'cons'. Do the same thing on the reverse side of the paper. On the one side of the paper, make a list of pros and cons of Biological families. On the other side, do the same for your other family, made up of your friends and role models. Feel free to discuss your lists with your peers and we'll continue shortly." ooc: I'm off to work now... I'll be back online in about 10 hours to continue the lesson then ... and tomorrow. But feel free to discuss with your classmates and keep your lists organized so I can read them easily and give you proper credit. =) |
Jake ACTUALLY glared for a moment. He had an angry little moment in which he almost said 'are you saying my answer wasn't good enough' or even 'are you saying I'M THICK' even though he KNEW she wasn't saying that. With an annoyed HUFF (he WAS a Hufflepuff after all) Jake sat back in his chair. "Professor... I know of a few people in the class with adoptive families. Like... literally adopted into them. Which section do they go under?" A third one? |
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"Adoptive families are a part of you too. So you could either make a third section for that OR swap it out for one of the first two sections." Yup. Give them a choice for where it fits best. "You decide where it seems to fit best, or if you're better off making a third category, that's fine too." |
CH'YEAH Jake..!! Trixie resisted the urge to poke out her tongue at him, she didn't want to look so immature and she would have smirked but the fact he was glaring at the Professor made her giggle. The huff was just the icing on the cake. The Head Girl instead chose to simply raise her eyebrow at him and then turned back to the Professor with a smile. Now what was that task they were supposed to be doing? A list of pro's and con's to do with biological and other family. She took her notebook and quill out of her bag and set them up on the table. Ehh.. What about the ones that went over both of the categories? She was pretty certain there WERE things that her family did that her friends could too. |
Victoria nodded as she pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill. As she drew a line down the middle, she began to think of what could be pros or cons for blood-related families. Hm...She closed her eyes, trying to think of ideas. |
Jake hadn't been looking at the Head Girl, so he didn't catch any of that. Instead, he was already leaning over his parchment. He'd divided it into two columns and three rows. The rows were labeled with the types of family, and the columns with 'pros' and 'cons'. Immediately, on the one for 'adoptive family' and 'friends and role models' he put you can choose them in the pro section. But then immediately wrote you can choose wrongly in the con section for the both of them. Oh dear, what an angsty piece of parchment. With a small, kind of upset frown, he got to work even more. |
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Family. It was a subject that Iris didn't know the answer to. What was her family? Her mum and her brother. That was it. Grandparents? Aunts and uncles? She didn't know what it was to have those. They'd all disowned her before she was even born. Her dad? He left too. For some woman at work, who was younger than her mum. Yeah. Family. It's a cheerful topic for Iris. By the time the prefect had found her voice to try and put together some kind of answer, the class had moved on. Picking up her quill, Iris scribbled down some form of an answer. She could give it to Professor Hadley with the rest of her work at the end of the lesson... that way, she'd still be able to get some kind of credit. As she wrote, Iris listened to the other people who were talking. Putting her quill down, Iris sighed. Family really was a stupid word. Quote:
More fun. Iris had a feeling that her list was going to be drastically different to everyone else's. Or... nearly everyone else's lists. Mainly because she didn't consider her friends to be family. Going with logic, you'd think that she would for the comfort and all... but she didn't for that very reason. Her 'family' didn't exist in her mind. Her friends were MORE than her family ever could be to her. The prefect didn't really want to discuss her list with any one else in the class. If they wanted to with her, then fine... but she really didn't want to. Iris looked down at the lists she'd put together. Her second list was VERY empty. She didn't know what to write though... So she left if blank. Maybe she'd go and talk with someone about it, but for now she left it like that. She'd gone back to the Pro's of her family, too, and changed it a lot. There were lots of crossings out and things being changed. Iris did not like this lesson. She didn't want to talk about her family... it's like talking about an imaginary friend. |
Jaina's eyes widened. Family?!?! she thought. Her parents didn't even know she was in school for witchcraft and wizardry! As far as they were concerned this was a hospital to cure kids like her. They were still demanding an answer as to whether or not she was coming home for good or not. They said she could not use her owl to deliver the message, so here was her paradox. She had been in and out of hospitals before coming to Hogwarts as her parents strived for her to be 'normal.' She pulled out a piece of her notebook paper and did as the professor told them to do. Pros of a biological family......she couldn't think of any....oh wait...she thought of a couple. Pros of Biological family: 1. feed you 2. clothe you 3. provide housing Now on to the cons.... Cons of a Biological family: 1. you MUST conform ok so she was done with that. On to the friend family. This would be easier. She thought of Charley, Belle, Alice, and, of course, Ben. What did they have as pros and cons? Pros of Friend/Chosen Family: 1. You get to pick them. 2. They like you because you ARE you 3. They accept you for who you are. 4. They are fun to be with. 5. They are great listeners 6. They're always there for you. 7. They're loyal She was trying to think of the cons to her friends...she could only think of one. Cons of Friends/Chosen Family: 1. If you hurt them, they'll go away forever. She put her quill down and waited patiently. No one would talk to her or ask her anything. They were mostly the older kids. |
Family. Honestly! It just had to be family. Guess Emily being happy was just too good to be true. She took out her quill, ink and parchment and slamming it on the table slightly (but not very hard) she started to write, frowning. SPOILER!!: parchment There. She twisted her quill around her finger and sat with tears forming in her eyes. She blinked them back and sat up straight. She was fine. Totally. She read back her list. She had managed 3 pros for biological? Wow, that was 3 more than she had thought she was gonna write. She'd repeated herself on adoptive family pros but she had just wanted to make herself clear. They wanted her. She gave a small smile and continued to twist the quill in her hand. She was gonna be up all night again. |
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SPOILER!!: Nika's Pros and Cons of biological family! She looked over her list hoping that she had written enough. She flipped her parchment to the back side and drew another crooked line. SPOILER!!: Nika's Pros and Cons of chosen family She looked around the room trying to find a friend to discuss with. |
Text Cut: Professor Hadley Sierra raised her hand into the air... ...and then quickly brought it back down. She was about to share her opinion on what a 'family' was, but then the professor moved on and directed the lesson to completing some activity in their notebooks. Well, blah. Sierra had been about to suggest that a family could be biological, or it could be the people who care for you, care what happens to you, and are there by your side through thick and thin (whether they're biological or not). She'd just jot all that down on her paper, though. As she pulled out her notebook and a quill, she briefly wondered what in the name of Merlin this had to do with Arithmancy. What were they going to do--calculate the number of people who might be considered family in some way or another? She set up the charts on her paper and then began writing. Pros * You might inherit their good genes (looks, health, etc.). * They care for you and care what happens to you. Cons * You might inherit their bad genes (looks, heath, etc.) Pros * These people came into your life because they chose to be there, not because they had to be there. * They care for you and care what happens to you. Cons * Because they don't have to be in your life, they may leave you for good if something bad (argument, divorce, etc.) ever happens. Sierra put down her quill and studied her paper. There were a lot of things that overlapped, and there was also a lot of things that contradicted other things. Who knew family could be so confusing... |
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She picked up her quill and divided a leaf of paper in her notebook into four portions and began to write the pros and cons of both types of families. Pros of Biological Family 1. Often provide for material needs 2. Often more present in daily life Cons of Biological Family 1. Want you to adhere to expectations 2. You can't choose them 3. Feel entitled to hurt you because they believe that since you are family you must forgive them 4. Likely not to feel need to accept you Pros of Chosen Family & Friends 1. Chosen by you 2. Know you well 3. Emotionally present 4. Care about you 5. Accept you the way you are, and because they love you that way, not because they think they have to Cons of Chosen Family & Friends 1. Not your biological family 2. Might not be accepted by your biological family That's all I can think of for now, she thought. It's a very comprehensive list, Charley, Henry interjected. Charley could hear that he sounded as if he were about to cry. She herself was welling up as she was forced to think about all the turbulence and tension they had in their family. I know, I know. But with everything we've gone through, there are probably more cons. There was a longer stretch of silence between them before Henry responded. Maybe there are. If anyone thinks of them, though, it'll be you. The ends of her mouth curled into a very small smile. Thank you. And I know you're in class still; I apologise about that. You've enough to think about now; I'll, uh, let you go. Oh I almost forgot! Would you tell me next time you are going to Hogsmeade? No need to pop in, a letter will do just fine. She giggled, and could tell he did as well. I'll be sure to. And, before you go; I love you! I love you too; very much! Enjoy the rest of your day, Charley. She blinked and sighed in relief. Occlumency is so much work! She grabbed her quill, and added to the portion of her paper entitled Pros of Chosen Family & Friends: 6. Can assume roles of absent members of biological family While Henry was part of her biological family, they were much closer than she was to other members, and ever since their father left, he'd taken over as the male head of household, to the chagrin of Charley's other older brother, Nathaniel. Henry was the only father figure their seven-year older Andrew had ever had. Charley physically hurt to think about the weeks following her parents' split. Her chest tightened, her stomach felt uneasy, her heartbeat sped up, and she had a blasting headache, though that surely was influenced by communicating with Henry. With a sudden burst of unfortunate inspiration from their conversation, she elaborated even more. Cons of Biological Family: 5. If they leave, they leave roles in the family that need to be filled. ooc: sorry for the very long post. I haven't been able to attend to every class consistently enough. Plus poor Charlotte has some intense father issues. |
Kurumi remained silent during the discussion about family. Kurumi had spent most of her free time up to now in the library doing research on her own just trying to figure out who they were. More specifically, what secrets were being kept. What was family? Kurumi wasn't sure she knew the answer anymore seeing as everything she thought she had known about her parents had been thrown out the window that one day in the library and her visit to Hogsmeade to talk with Mrs. Elo. Choosing to remain quite for the first part of the discussion, Kurumi frowned and picked up her quill before starting on the second task. SPOILER!!: front side of parchment Setting her quill down for now, Kurumi couldn't bring herself to continue brainstorming and instead stared at the list she had compiled. |
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Well, that wasn’t her most favorite thing to do in the world unless it was ‘The List’ in which she wrote down the people she didn’t like, but this pros and cons things about family…there was more than likely going to be more cons on her list then pros. First of all, there was something extremely important that she had to do first. So important…that it had to be whispered. "Hey Sierra." She said, smiling towards her Slytherin friend. "Do you have an extra quill?" |
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Somewhere in the back of her mind, she thought she heard someone calling her name. She pulled herself out of her thoughts and turned to the person on her side--Evelyn, who was asking for...something. "Hmm?" she asked. Then a second later, she realized her friend had asked for a quill. "Oh, yeah, sure." She fished in her bag and pulled out a spare quill, passing it over to Evelyn. Hurry up and get something on your parchment, Evelyn! In all seriousness, though, Sierra just needed to put a lot of focus into thinking about her father. He was the family member she was closest to, after all. |
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She watched Charley as she made her list. She kinda looked like she was off in thought. She even heard her giggle. When she saw her writing, she thought she'd ask. "Charley, what are you doing when you go off in thought like that? It's like you're deep in thought but somewhere else. It's ok if you don't want to tell me. I was just curious." |
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"Thank you." she smiled, taking the quill and giving a good once over. Seemed ordinary to her, and she hadn't dropped down dead or anything so it wasn't poisoned. Not like Sierra would do that, HA! Just...just being cautious. Writing the first few words at the top of a new page in her...Ancient Runes notebook, ugh, the Slytherin girl paused for a moment before flipping the page and writing the same thing down before creating the lines and whatnot- OMG! The quill just turned BLUE! ... Giggle. It turned bluuueee. That was so awesome. Before she could get distracted anymore what the color changing quill, Evelyn quickly stared jotting random things down in the columns as they appeared in her mind. The trouble was though, she was trying not to get angry as she wrote them down. SPOILER!!: Evelyn's notebook And just through all of those words had the quill turned to yellow, red, green, orange, and purple. OMG! Sierrraaaa...where did ya get the quill hmmm? 'Cause the younger Slytherin girl may have to go buy another one. Evelyn was too attached to this one now. |
Rae was sitting silently, and perhaps got a bit more silent when she head what they were listing. She hated talking about family, it just brought bad memories and a sense of loneliness. Her head turned around the room just looking at the people jotting down their pros and cons. Then there was Evelyn, her parents were different in many ways from Rae's. But they both ended up the same way in the same house, there was also similarities in that way. So Rae decided that instead of writing down the things that hurt, (since there weren't many pros in her mind) She will just write down what her friend did. Rae wasn't sitting too far away from her, maybe a table away. She took a glance at Evelyn's paper, not trying to hide or anything, Ev must know why Rae would use her answers anyways. |
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"Yes ... Family is family. And it doesn't really matter whether biological or not, if they've made it into your 'family', then chances are they care about your well-being. But in any family, they can just as easily enter in, as they can break your heart. They affect your mental and emotional well-being. They are, in some sense, your heart, mind, and soul." Family was there to support you, whether you choose them, or they ... chose you. "In a little while, we're going to go on a mini adventure, but before we do that, I want to show you a quick calculation." She paused as she flipped to the page in the textbook. "Using the Pythagorean number system in chapter two, we're going to do a rather simple calculation of your family name number. Unfortunately for this you're going to have to use your biological family name, although if it's legalized, then I suppose adoptive would work too. Anyone have any idea how to calculate this number?" Text Cut: Massive listing of pros and cons |
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The stubbornness in Ellie wanted to continue with this conversation. She wanted to KNOW. But Hadley HAD called her 'Ellie'...so she supposed that made up for it. Besides, if it was really important, her mommy and daddy would have told her all about it during the holidays. Unless.. you know, this happened post-holidays... Eh...she'll write home just in case. No need to bother Hadley in her office, though. .... Fieldtrip?!!! YESSSSSS! Ellie was uber excited by this. She even sat straighter in her chair. Then Hadley ruined it with 'calculation'. SIGH. She'd almost forgot this was Arithmancy. With math. And other uselessness she didn't understand. "Is it your last name alone? Added and simplified and..." arithmancy-ed, "stuff." She'll still try, though. |
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This was probably her favorite Arithmancy ever... because it was about family. Arya LOVED her family, and those friends that were close to her heart. Which would explain why she had difficulty coming up with Cons for both lists. Brown eyes on the professor and the other students, she listened for how to calculate this new number. |
Samira smiled as she heard the assignment. She didn't think that she was going to enjoy arithmancy at first, but family was one of her favorite topics. Quickly scribbling a line down the middle, Samira began writing the pros and cons of a biological family. Pros: 1. Will always be there for you 2. Will always love you 3. You'll know that they will always be there by your side no matter what 4. With family, you are assured that they are your family forever, unlike friends 5. they can give you help and guidance in life Cons: 1. You can't pick your family 2. You must follow their rules, even if you don't agree 3. They usually don't allow you to fight back without a punishment 4. they can sometimes neglect you or abuse you and you can't get away 5. They can choose favorites Pros and cons of unbiological family: Pros 1. they give the best, honest advice 2. They are your shoulder to cry on 3. You can choose your friends, and they choose you, so you can make sure it is the right choice 4. the adventures! cons: 1. fights or boys can easily break friends up 2. they may not like your other choices of friends, therefore not want to hang out with you 3. they can turn on you with the snap of a finger. satisfied with her work, Samira leaned back in her chair and waited for her next instructions. She glanced around to see if there was anyone she could strike up a conversation with. |
Patroclus loved his family, it was as simple as that. And recently it had become more and more important for them to be close, his mother and Father had both been only children, and both set of Grandparents had moved on, so essentially they were all that was left of their lines. Turning to the set task, Patroclus had a bit of an issue, his family was his role models, his Mother Father and Brother meant everything to him, and he tired everyday to make them proud and aspired to be like them. However for thr point of the lesson he would just place them in the Biological section! SPOILER!!: Patroclus' Parchment With his lis complete, Patroclus listening to the next section the use of Numbers to figure out a family name number, "Either what Kurumi said, the mixing of the Maiden Name, and family name, or perhaps the first names of everyone in the family!" 'P' seemed to be a common letter in the Hudson household! |
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Omg, she was way too distracted. She was going to ask Sierra for another quill but, well the Professor started speaking and the quill just changed to red. Teehee. It was all Gryffindor like now. Oh crud, it was all Gryffindor like...now. Meh. Darn thing. Turn colors again! MEEP!? "Yea." she nodded slowly, looking up and towards Professor Hadley. Wait, did she ask her a question? Or did she just...wait, what? Awwww volunteeeeers. Eh. "Yeaaa, I'll...volunteer." Sierra! She needed a different quill. Or maybe Rae had one. When did she get here? |
*will add pros/cons list in next post...or at some point* Oooh. The Professor wanted some volunteers. Now Finn had a bit of a dilema. He could either sit back, and like not volunteer himself, or he could be a good prefect and volunteer himself. Now...he did want to try and be a good role model for Ravenclaw, show that he was a good prefect and all that jazz. So he decided that it probably would be a good idea for him to volunteer. As long as he wasn't going to regret it or something, because that would be really bad. "I'll volunteer Professor." Good Work Carmicheal. |
All through the lesson the Gryffindor prefect Connolly had kept her head low and focused on completeing the different tasks set by Professor Hadley. Writing up the pros/cons with her own family had made Sophie think about them more than she had done so far in the term. The brunette even got slightly homesick. When Professor Hadley asked for volunteers Sophie raised her voice from the back of the room. "I'll volunteer professor!" This was probably a stupid move which Sophie would regret later but she genuinly liked Professor Hadley and wanted to give her a hand in the lesson. |
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Jake smiled slightly and headed up to the front, picking up the chalking and writing a childish 'M' up there... and then stopping. ... And biting his lip. Uhhh... Looking over at Hadley with slight worry, Jake quietened his voice and spoke to the woman. "How d'you spell her name?" Morrettee? More-et-ee? Muhretty? Jake wasn't GOOD with reading and writing and spelling. WHY HAD HE VOLUNTEERED?! |
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Walking up front Sophie took a chalk and started to write as she spoke. "My Gryffindor head of house is Madame Donovan. Her family number is 4, which I’ve calculated below." D O N O V A N 4+6+5+6+4+1+5= 31 3+1= 4 "The fourth family number according to the textbook says that Madame Donovan comes from a family under the belief that working hard is the right way to go. She also values caution, thoroughness and self-discipline which is quite an accurate description of my HOH." Sophie put down the chalk and waited for Professor Hadley to approve or disapprove. |
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"One..." Jake mumbled, thinking that was right. He could... vaguely remember what that meant from the textbook (he had just been looking before coming up here after all) and smiled slightly. And if ANYONE made fun of his little spelling issue... he'd... well... he'd be quite upset. XD |
At first Finlay thought that like the professor hadn't heard him, cause she kind of like picked four other people, but then she went back to him. Waiiit. He had to interpret. Well...at least he hadn't got to calculate anything, because that wouldn't be too cool. He just had to interpret instead. He got up, and wandered to the front, taking text book with him, now he just needed to wait for the other four to calculate the numbers. But ahh. Emily was done, and her number was 4. He looked in his textbook, before speaking, kind of to the class, and kind of to the professor. "The family number 4 says that a person inherits a belief that hard work is the right way to work, and about self-disipline. I think that this could like relate to Professor Vindictus' flying, and quidditch because you have to work hard to be succesful in that sport, and be quite disiplined. The number seems to suit him quite well." Next? Ahh. Evelyn was done, and her number was 9. Using his finger he skimmed down to the end, and read what it was about. What...that was about Lafay? He looked like a little confused, and definetly double checked between what he was reading and the number. Oh... "The Family Number 9 talks about inheriting artistic flair, a concern for others, and an attitude for looking for what is possible. That kinda relates to Lafay cause..." Then he needed to think how that related to the slytherin head of house, because well he didn't know if Lafay actually cared for others. "Well, she must have some artistic flair due to her being a potions mistress, I would assume to be able to brew her potions, she has some artistic fair, so the potions are succesful?" Ermm....That was okay right? "Oh...and Sophie already interpreted Madam Dovoans number, so I won't repeat...." Thanks Sophie. Now just to wait for Jake to finish....but he would say something else though. "The gryffindor head of house, and Ravenclaw head of house has the same numer, which could relate to them both being head of houses, because they both may believe that we, as students, should work hard to be succesful maybe?" Oh. there now he was done. And number one? Well that was pretty easy seeing as it was at the top of the page. Finn quickly read what it said, before interpreting it. "Finally the family number 1 says that people inherit an independent spirit, forceful nature, and the ability to come up with origional ideas." Now how did this relate to Healer Moretti? "Well I think this relates to Healer Moretti as it kinda shows how she can come up the ideas of how to heal us all. I mean we might come with the same injuries, but all need a different type of treatment? Also she's all up in that hospital wing on her own sometimes, so maybe it would be a good thing that she had an independent spirit... |
"Ah yes, thank you all for that fine demonstration. And to the lovely Prefect Carmicheal for his fine interpretations. Fascinating, yes, how two of our heads of houses have the same family name number." Er. Did she say that already? Whoops. "Anyway, resume your seats and go ahead and calculate your own family name numbers and their interpretations on your parchments." And then we'll move onto the mini adventure... the last part of the lesson. ooc: I'm off for a couple hours. So go ahead and calculate and I'll be back in a few to respond / continue =) |
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Iris sat and watched the students who did the demonstrations on the black board. As they were told to calculate their own numbers, Iris wasn't sure if Hadley was talking to the people who'd just done the Teachers names, or the whole class. She picked up her quill anyway, and wrote down her surname. The surname that she really didn't like. Iris looked at the textbook, with a frown. She didn't like this task. It was making her think about all the family issues that Iris didn't like to address. The ones she just wanted to forget. Her interpretation wasn't very creative or insightful. To be perfectly honest though, Iris didn't want to try and interpret these things about her family. Doing so wouldn't bring her dad back, and wouldn't make her family accept her, so what was the point, really? |
Slumping down in her seat, she waited for Finn to interpret the number, and she...Evelyn wasn't so sure about it. Artistic flair? Concern for others? Taking out her Arithmancy book, she flipped to the chapter about the family number and read about Lafay's, seeing if she had heard the Ravenclaw prefect correctly or not. An emotional nature? Okay, there has got to be some way she miscalculated that number, yet the Professor hadn't corrected her. Hmm, well Lafay was rather emotional now that she thought of it. Her anger and irritation levels were...way up there. Shaking her head slightly, she pulled her notebook closer to herself, flipping to a new page to calculate her own family name number. Bleh. Like she'd want to know about the Flores name. Couldn't she use Destiny's last name instead? Actually, the Slytherin would more then likely do that sooner or later to see why Destiny was...the way she was. SPOILER!!: Evelyn's notebook This failed. Her family was like...the complete opposite of this! In her eyes at least. Or...it was so opposite that it looked as if the description would fit them. Now, THAT she could believe. ... That didn't stop her from sighing dramatically and letting the amazingly addicting to watch color changing quill to drop to her desk in annoyance. Even those flashing rainbow colors couldn't get her to smile. |
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What was with all the Hogwarts kids and not liking the families they belonged to? Was it just her or were there literally no others that had just a great a school life then their home life? Trixie adored her family, no doubt about it. True they would have their petty arguments but she certainly wouldn't go as far as saying that she wanted her family to just leave her or whatever. So with that, the con side of the list was going to be slightly difficult. The Head Girl picked up her quill and started scribbling down notes here and there. Biological Family Pro's •They can't ever leave you legally, so in theory they will always be there for you.Con's •You can't go to them if you have a problem with your family.But on the other hand, Trixie was incredibly close to her non biological family, her best friend, close friends and her boyfriend made Hogwarts what it was and without them the Blondes life simply wouldn't be the same. She would find it hard surviving with just one of them, she certainly needed them both. Non Biological Family Pro's •You can choose who they are, if you don't like them then you won't pick them to be close to you. Your more likely to pick someone who are similar to you and care about who you are and not just because they have to.Con's •They can simply leave you because there is no biological contract keeping them to you. They can just up and leave if you have an argument or a falling out.By the time she had finished they had already moved onto the next subject. The Slytherin placed her quill down, blinking down at her list, had it really taken her that long to write it all? She watched as people volunteered their services and then it was time to move onto the next part. Calculating her family number for her own surname? Err.. Okay. M A L F O Y 413667 4+1+3+6+6+7= 27 2+7=9 The number nine apparently means that the family I belong to have a concern for one another, something I find to be very true for my family as we look out for one another all the time, we always have and i certainly look out for my cousins at school. A number nine family also give generously to one another There. That would do right |
Marie sat there watching and listening as the others figured out the numbers for all the head of houses. That was simple enough. Marie was good at figuring the numbers, it was the interpretations she sucked at. Something that Finn seemed to be good at though. Hmm, maybe he could help her with her interpretation when she got her number figured. Good thing she was sitting next to him... or she would be when he returned to his seat. Taking the parchment that had her list on it (will be added later) she wrote her name near the bottom and started to calculate it out. SPOILER!!: Marie's Parchment After reading over the textbook meaning Marie frowned a bit. That didn't really sound like her... well all except for that last part. She WAS very stubborn and DID have strong opinions about things. As for family oriented, she loves her family and spending time with them. Just not as much time now that she was getting older. She would much rather spend time with her She looked over at Finn who already had his work done. Good. Now he would have time to help her. "Um, I don't think this number really suits me. What do you think?" She asked showing him the six on her parchment. Yep, she was gonna take total advantage of his Ravenclaw smarts here. |
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Then when she seemed to be done after a minute or so, Josh was still watching her beautiful face without moving his gaze even for a single second, the boy's smile vanished too when he saw her displeased expression and disappointed sigh. Ah! She, the lion boy assumed, got a result that she did not like. There was no way Josh could let a little number make this Slytherin girl unhappy. No way! So he grabbed his white quill, drew a circle around the '11' and took the parchment waving it towards her cheerfully ''ROSE! Hey Rose!'' the professor would not be annoyed if he raised his voice a little to ger her attention, would she? Hehe. ''Look here, hun! If you don't like your family number, it seemed to me that you don't, you can MARRY me and have THIS as the family number'' he waved the parchment some more ''I got a master number. A MASTER number, Rose. This is also the proof that i am The Master of Everything. We can be both happy with this number!'' Bahahahaha! Yeah, everybody knew he was right. It was just difficult for them to accept it. |
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While the other students volunteered for calculations, she decided that she would glance at her list again, maybe add a few more to the list. Cause SHE sure wasn't gonna volunteer. SPOILER!!: Parchment After the last glance over her list...and after deciding what she did and didn't want to add, she glanced back up at the front of class. Sure the last list was the shortest, but she couldn't think of what else to add to the list. Ah. They had to do calculations. Well... she was doing better at those, and it only took four terms. Pulling out another piece of parchment, she opened her book up to the correct chapter and started to work on her surname calculations. SPOILER!!: parchment Hm. All this talk of family was actually starting to have them missing them a bit more. She would have to write them once this class was over. Placing her quill down on the table, she eased back in her seat and waited for the next set of instructions. |
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