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Arithmancy One: Introduction to Spell Numerization & Basic Curse-Breaking
The room was breezy, which wouldn't have been terribly strange for the November day except that the windows closed. Having just finished rearranging the desks for about the fifth time that morning, Professor Hadley settled on having the desks pushed together in pairs.
Resting her backside against her own desk, she was flipping through the latest copy of Numbers and You as she waited the arrival of the students.
ooc: please take your seats and keep chatting to a minimum. Lesson will begin as soon as enough of you have posted arriving <3 Lesson has started. Any late arrival posts WILL be subjected to points loss, so please, pretend as though your character has been there the whole time. Oh and the same goes for editing your post; I'd rather have you DOUBLE post (and I'd merge it) then have you edit your posts. Editing posts is also subjected to points loss.... Unless of course you WANT to lose points ;D
"The order of operations is crucial to many of the numbers you'll calculate in your Arithmancy studies..." Hadley began, pausing for a bit. "Which is why, I want to make sure you remember them. Using a mnemonic. As August here mentioned, the order of operations can be summed up using the mnemonic, PEMDAS. Which stands for, Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction. The classic muggle phrase for this, which some of you might be familiar with is 'Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.'" Hadley frowned slightly.
"I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers."
Selina went to work creating an idom for Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction. She drew and the parchment and started to write:
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Penguins exceed my deepest aspirations, soup. Pardon Ella, my darling, annoying sister. Please, Emma, my dog, ain't sick!
Puppies even make dog adults someday...
PEMDAS? Why on earth would they care about an aunt Sally? Or excuse her? If she'd done something wrong, it was up to her to figure it out! Presley put her quill to her parchment though, and worked on the assignment.
SPOILER!!: Presley's Paper
Pardon, Excuse me, dad? August sales?
Paper engineers mnemonics don't all say
Perhaps everyone moving does add something.
People end more dances and sonnets.
The more Presley tried to some up with something that made any kind of sense, the more she began to like the idea of pretending she had an aunt Sally. Most of hers were a nonsensical string of words, that all started with the correct letter. She sighed. She could simply remember "Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction" couldn't she?
Kennedy tapped his pencil on his chin, thoughtfully. He had no idea of how to compose this. Words weren't that fun...sometimes. PEMDAS, he thought, what words fit that.
Pretty
Enemies
May
Dangle
At
Sunrise
....
That sounded about right. So, Kennedy raised his hand and said, "Pretty Enemies May Dangle At Sunrise." Although, he didn't have any pretty enemies, yet.
"Pretend Everyone May Dance At Sunset," Angelina thougt to her self. She thought it was so bad, but it was the only thing she could may up off the top of her head! Plus it might not make since! Angelina raised her hand and said, "Professor is Preten Everyone May Dance At Sunset is one," Angelina asked, and then she said, "I don't think its to good..." She then gave a ocnfused look and looked around the room at everyone.
Puff by day, snake by night | Mj's bestie | Always UP to Something...
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Originally Posted by EW_FAN
Harvey had to make up something for PEDMAS.
"I would have to say Perfect, Endearing Darling Minnie At Sunset." Harvey smiled broadly at Minnie, to see what she thought of his suggestion.
Minerva turned beat red and lowered in her seat completely embarrassed. She didn't want to be mean to Harvey, but she had to say something quietly. "Harvey remember what we talked about." She looked back at the professor.
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Originally Posted by anolan807
Minerva turned beat red and lowered in her seat completely embarrassed. She didn't want to be mean to Harvey, but she had to say something quietly. "Harvey remember what we talked about." She looked back at the professor.
Harvey smacked his head as hard as could.
"Sir I would like to change my suggestion to Please Excuse Dumbest Me And i'm Stupid."
Harvey just froze reliving the dumbest mistake he had just done. He wanted to run out of the lesson but he didnt want to risk losing the points he had gained so he stayed where he was silent as a doormouse.
With a blank expression on his face only listening to what others were saying.
"I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers."
ooc: create your own phrase for the mnemonic, PEDMAS. Be creative. Have fun with it. Jess is going to sleep, to allow others in different timezones to partake in the lesson, so you have probably about 8-9 hours to work on this, before we progress . . . =)
Baguette | there is no D in my name | TRAITORclaw | Queenie of Narnia
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising
"The order of operations is crucial to many of the numbers you'll calculate in your Arithmancy studies..." Hadley began, pausing for a bit. "Which is why, I want to make sure you remember them. Using a mnemonic. As August here mentioned, the order of operations can be summed up using the mnemonic, PEMDAS. Which stands for, Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction. The classic muggle phrase for this, which some of you might be familiar with is 'Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.'" Hadley frowned slightly.
"I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers."
PEMDAS! Yes, Vashti remembered it quite well from Muggle school, and she would've raised her hand to answer, but many of the other students were far quicker than she was, and then Professor Hadley was moving on. Ah, well.
That phrase was something she remembered too, though she didn't have an Aunt Sally either. She did have an Aunt Grace though, and she always wished she could've made the saying "Please excuse my devious 'dear' Aunt Grace." Unfortunately, subtraction didn't start with a "G," so she could never actually use it.
She was supposed to make up her own phrase to remember it by though? This ought to be interesting.
Picking up her quill and dipping it into her ink bottle, Vashti starting jotting down whatever came to mind.
SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment
Practically Evil Me Doesn't Accept Sorrow Perfectly Eager Muggles Don't Agree Sadly Practical Eagles Make Dozens Accept Suppression
Heh. This was fun.
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if we fall, we will fall together; and when we rise, we will rise together__________________♥♥♥♥ together we are dangerous; together with our differences; together we are bolder, braver, stronger
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SPOILER!!: Student Replies
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Originally Posted by cheeseStrings
Hmmm, Janice thought. PEMDAS. Put that Eerie Mad Dog Away Somewhere?? Please Exclaim Mom's and Dad's Astonishing Supper?? Pans Emmit More Dorky Ashy Stuff?? Janice can quickly form mnemonic devices, but most of them sounds weird and is literaly un-rememberable if it's for doing specific stuff.. So, eenie, meenie, miny,mo. She raised her hand and answered.
"How 'bout 'Put that Eerie Mad Dog Away Somewhere' ?? " A mad dog tried to strangle her cat before. Quite personal.
"Not bad," Josephina remarked of the girl and her 'Mad Dog' mnemonic. "If you'd like a more magical creature, perhaps using Dugbog or Doxy would work too." Just a suggestion.
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Originally Posted by ToujoursPur
PEDMAS. Hmmm. Cael loved mnemonics; they were certainly the easiest way to remember trivial facts and whatnot while having fun at the same time. PEDMAS...
"How about People Evading Dark Magic Are Skilled!" he smiled, finally finding a way to tie the phrase to something relevant.
"I wouldn't say skilled, so much as cowardly," Fina mused. "But it works like you said it." So it was good.
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Originally Posted by Miss Marilyn
Marilyn smirked, tapping her chin with the end of her quill. This was something new...Her mind quickly went to work, trying to put things with each other letters...but falling short each time...
Pure Evil...Pure Evil Makes...
Potions Every Morning Deflect Accidents Sometimes...*snerk*
"Pureblood Etiquette Means Don't Act Squib-like Senseless..."*cough*
Yea, we'll go with that answer.
Josephina really tried hard to refrain from rolling her eyes. Just because she never bothered to understand that whole blood purity thing, didn't mean there weren't others who were still sensitive over it. Dash probably understood it.
"If you can remember that..." It worked.
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Originally Posted by lesserpanda
Adanna sat for a few minutes, her brain moving at top speed to connect the letters to words. Harder than she thought it'd be! Pear-Eating Monkeys Don't... no. Pink Elephants... no! Hm... Oh!
Answer in mind, she waited for someone else to answer before her. Once someone had, she raised her hand high enough to be seen. "Purple-Eared Monsters Dance At Sunset!" she answered, with a small laugh behind her words.
Ok, so it was a tad silly. But it was easy enough for Adanna to remember, and she should make this class as easy as possible, right?.
Oh. Her badgers were so silly when it came to these things. Silly in a good way, of course. "Alright, that's it. Head outside at Sunset so we can see some Purple-eared monsters!" Hadley teased. Of course she was joking; wasn't she?
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
PEMDAS - Puffs Eat My Disgusting Aunt's Soup
Tori wrote her mnemonic device in beautiful, giant script across her notes.
"Puffs, meaning Hufflepuffs, Eat My Disgusting Aunt's Soup," Tori read proudly. "I'll be sure to remember that one, professor!" Heh.
Hadley frowned as she heard the next mnemonic. She couldn't decide if the girl had been making fun of Hufflepuffs or not, but something in her tone... said she had been.
"If you remember it, it works, but you should know that just because something might be disgusting to you, it might be delicious to someone else." AKA. It didn't HAVE to mean that Puffs ate anything or whatever the girl had been implying by that.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Wait, had Professor Hadley just wrinkled her nose a bit at Kurumi? Or had that been more of a furrow of the brow? Either way, the woman looked flabbergasted for some reason and Kurumi's cheeks glowed a deep pink. Maybe she was an insufferable know-it-all? Kurumi hunched down in her seat a bit and promised herself that she wouldn't answer the next question no matter how tempted she was.
Then...she heard Treyen's voice...coming from the back of the room and her suspicions from earlier were only confirmed. She sunk even lower in her seat.
Kurumi smiled as August was able to make his mark. She knew how the boy had been so nervous, growing up muggle-born and not knowing anything about magic. She was glad to hear the tone of confidence in his voice.
And then they were given the task of coming up with their own personal spin on how to remember the Order of Operations. Kurumi pulled out a piece of parchment from under her textbook and began to scribble her name and other things on it. After a few minutes she found herself with two options for remembering it that were rather fitting, one perhaps a bit more than the other, and half a piece of parchment with words scratched out here and there.
"I can't decide between Parasols Expand Momentarily During Augurey’s Songs and Pinching East Makes Dough Astonishingly Sweeter," Kurumi said before resting her chin in the palm of her right hand.
Both were quite personal and easy to remember for her. Only problem is that she was revealing one of her baking secrets, but only during a full moon. Other days you needed to pinch south.
Hearing what almost sounded to be a tongue twister at first, Fina looked over toward the fourth year next. "The second one sounds less like a tongue twister." Just her suggestion. Maybe. Though both were creatively wonderful.
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Originally Posted by Granger1814
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally? Yes, she knew that very well. It seemed as though everyone was taught that mnemonic. Hmm, though to make it wizard-like? That might be a little difficult...
Kourt wrote the letters down on a piece of parchment and then scrunched her forehead in thought....
P...
E...
M...
D...
A...
S...
Ah! She knew what she could do.
"Please
Enjoy
Muggleborn
Dancing
Activities on
Sunday"
She mused aloud.
Hadley really wanted to say something along the lines of 'what about the half-bloods' but fought against it. Seriously, what was with people needing to point out blood status? Like it mattered?
"Good except for the extra word. As long as you don't get confused with it there, then I suppose it's alright..." Yup.
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Originally Posted by HogwartsHokage
Oooh...PEMDAS. Something Jenny heard about back in her Muggle elementary school. She never quite got the concept of it though...except for the MDAS part.
And they get to create their own phrase for it? Cool! Already Jenny thought of something for the last letter. Quickly, Jenny raised her hand.
"Patronuses eat...mild...dumplings...above sushi." Jenny answered meekly. Okay, maybe that was not the best she could come up with, but at least it had sushi in it. But it didn't even make sense at all anyway.
Sushi? That was something the house elves NEVER seemed to make. "Very ... ridiculously silly, but cute. I like it."
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Originally Posted by DH Vixen
Flipping to a fresh page in her journal, Mina wrote down everything as it was said. It never hurt to have more notes, she did have her NEWT's to think about and she was pretty sure that everything she could get would help her in some way.
Tapping her quill as she thought, she listened to what was being said. PEMDAS Seriously, there had to be something she could think of. She didn't have an Aunt Sally that she knew about, but anything was possible. Biting her lip in deep thought, she raked her brain.
Potions explode mainly during accelerated study?
That didn't sound all that terrible, but she was sure she could think of something else she would remember easily. Jotting it down in her notes anyway, she kept thinking about another example. It had to be relate to something she liked or maybe even something knew about.
Raising her hand again, she smiled. "Prefect explore many dungeons at sunset?" Okay, that was just funny to her and she would probably so remember that one.
"Do they?" Fina asked, upon hearing the next ... question? Her eyes automatically seemed to flicker over toward Treyen and then Kurumi, before back to the Ravenclaw. Apparently lots of things happened at sunset that she was blissfully ignorant over. "Well... That's .. nice." Yup. Hehe.
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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley
William raised his hand. He had to come up eith a saying with the letters Pedma. " Practically Envision Doing Magic Always" Willim told the professor. This is William's mnemonic.
"Oooh! I like that one!" Hadley called over, giving a brief grin to the young Gryffindor. Except that was when she realized something. "Except ... what about the S? It's PEDMAS. Perhaps add 'Superbly' to the end?" That ought to work.
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Originally Posted by hjhm
This was fun. Really. Creating your own PEDMAS and wizardfying it. AWESOME!
Jonathan searched for words, random words that he could think of. Really. As soon as he thought of those words, he raised his hand to answer "Potions Exercises My Diligence Attention on Studying!!!" he smiled. Well, he slightly laughed at what he just said. Did it make sense at all or did it not?
But he did find it very amusing though.
"Professor Lafay would approve, I'm sure," Hadley nodded of the young snake.
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Originally Posted by pinkphoenix
Aurora didn't know how to wizardify PEMDAS but she worked out a mnemonic that worked for her.
She wrote on her parchment:
SPOILER!!: parchment
Polly escapes Madame's dance aerobatics school
It didn't sound like a great sentence but Orr knew that she would remember PEMDAS from it.
Peeking over at a young Ravenclaw's parchment, Hadley wondered who Polly was, but as the latter sounded personal, she wasn't gonna make too big of a deal about it. "Very nice."
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Originally Posted by alchemist_18
Arithmancy class. At first, Raven didn't have any interested with this lesson, but.. She decided to join it. She already sat at the classroom, listened to the professor. And.. PEDMAS? Make a phrase with PEDMAS?? She thought an unique phrase.
"PEDMAS... PEDMAS.. How about Potions of Evil Make Dragon Acts Stupid?? " She laughed when she heard her own statement.
"As long as you know the extra word isn't a part of the actual order of operations, then it's good." Hadley told another student. Apparently six-word sentences weren't long enough.
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Originally Posted by anolan807
Minerva was never good at math in muggle school so she was extra scared of it here. So she hadn't answered questions yet just took many notes. She thought for a second PEDMAS.. hmmm what could she say. Minerva put her hand up. "Would, Pandas Eat Dragon Muck At Sunset work?" She knew she uses a pandas, did wizards know what pandas were.. hmm
"That sounds disgusting," Hadley said, making a face at the eating dragon muck. No one should have to do that. "But yes, it would work." Hehe.
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Originally Posted by luna-p
Ashley listened, taking notes as best as he can, since he had no idea what most of this stuff was. Upon being instructed to try and come up with a mnemonic, he continued writing, trying out a couple before raising his hand to share, since everyone else was doing so, "People Eat Monsters, Dragons And Spiders!"
Of course, that didn't make sense, but it did have eating, monsters, dragons and spiders in it, all things he was pretty fond of. And he didn't have a problem with people, either, so that was cool. So he'd most likely remember it well. And wasn't that the point?
"If you remember it, then yes, it's good... but gosh, I surely hope people don't really eat spiders or dragons or monsters." Ew.
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Originally Posted by nogoodforyou
Oh, no.
It was like professor Hadley was talking in... some creepy, unknown language.
Mnemonics? Eeeeep.
Hearing some other PEMDAS's, Nora raised her hand to suggest hers. "Pink entertaining muggle devices are..." uhm... "sold?" She lowered her hand quickly, feeling the blood rush through her cheeks.
She was not good at this.
"They must be pretty good devices if they're already sold," Hadley commented, teasingly. "Very good though." It worked and no extra words.
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Originally Posted by jesifur
Jesifur thought about it she wanted something punchy and unique. P.E.M.D.A.S. hmmm
Poachers Eat Many Disgusting Animal Sacks? no that's gross. Peanuts Energize Most Diligent A Sorcerer? I guess that's better thaan the first.
Jesifur raised her hand, "Professor how about, Peanuts Energize Most Diligent Sorcerers?"
"Well peanuts are a good source of protein..." Hadley answered. "But you're missing the 'A'. I suppose you could add in 'amazing' though..."
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Originally Posted by bone_baud10
Magical Maths?! Really, just when she thought she will never here the word maths again in her live it came back. Great. Well, she decided to take this lesson so she should try and live with maths part.
Okay... PEMDAS... What?!
A random phrase popped up in her mind, even though it doesn't make any sense, she decide to say it. "Please eat magical dandelions at six?" she suggested raising her arm to the level of her eyes. It was a really stupid sentence... but it was better than nothing.
"Simple, but it works." Fina confirmed, except curiosity got the better nature of her tongue as she spoke her next thoughts out loud, "Wonder what eating magical dandelions will do?"
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Originally Posted by tomewitch
She was not into Math but she was into Arithmancy. What's the difference ? The spelling. But seriously, Beatrice wants to overcome her hate for numbers that was why she was here. And it turned out not to be so bad after all.
Now, PEMDAS.
"Er-Passionate Educators.... May Dwell.... At....School ?" That had PEMDAS written all over it so maybe it can count. Riggght ?
"Oh. That sounds wonderful! I like that one and I do agree with that!" In most cases, she was pretty sure the professors at Hogwarts were very passionate about the subject they taught. At least the female ones seemed to be.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixAuror169
Amethyst raised her hand after chuckling softly at the Professor's comment. Did she have an Aunt Sally? No. Not Ame. "Professor, how about 'Pickled Eggs Make Disgusting Appetizer Samples'?" She blushed hoping that would be alright.
"Good, except ... remember that something disgusting to one person, might be yummy to another. But it works." Hadley told the young Puff. She liked Amethyst already.
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Originally Posted by Trish
Penny nodded at her own forgetfulness, "PEMDAS...yes of course", she silently scolded herself...
Wizardfy PEMDAS?....
Parenthesis..........Penny
Exponents............Enjoys
Multiplication........Muggle Studies and
Division................Divination and
Addition...............Arithmancy
Subtraction..........Seriously
Penny knew that she would remember that for sure - because it was all her favourite subjects....
"Just as long as you remember that those 'ands' aren't a part of PEMDAS, then you're good." Hadley told another student who was trying to sneak extra words in there. Muggle Studies. Sniffle. That made her miss Jeremy.
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Originally Posted by Magical Soul
Wizardfy it? Louisa suppressed a chuckle at the word - she liked made-up words! And this Professor was so smart to come up with this one! (Besides the fact that she actually likes Arithmancy). Staring thoughtfully, squinting her eyes at the professor absently, Louisa's mind drifted away.
Parenthesis could be Portkeys. Exponents would be Enforce. The 'm' in multiplication would stand for Magic. And division is Doers. Addition could be Arriving. Subtraction is for Soon.
The hand was in the air quickly, "Portkeys Enforce Magic Doers Arriving Soon." BEAM. "Like they make us come earlier in order to take them." She was so happy with her own phrase to shut up about the explanation.
"Very good," Hadley nodded approvingly, at the young Ravenclaw.
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Originally Posted by MagicGlitter
Ariella clapped her hands together, extremely excited. She loved when the professors assigned creative assignments to do in class. It made the classes so much more interesting.
She thought for a while of a good mnemonic. Pygmy Puffs Eat Muffins Dancing And Singing
Well that one seemed okay. But she wasn't sure what muffins had to do with her interests. But it fit and she had already memorized it. She wrote it down onto her parchment, hoping that the professor would be okay with it.
Hearing the next one, Hadley smiled again in amusement. Some of these kids were just so creative with words. "Good, good."
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Originally Posted by Roselyn
Lazily writing down what PEMDAS meant, making sure to really hold onto her quill this time, she wasn't all that excited about making up her own phrase for this. Although, the big D standing out in the little phrase already had her thinking about new ways to say this phrase. Darn you creative brain! She didn't want to think about new phrases.
Nevertheless, she started writing it down.
Photograph Extraordinarily Majestic Dragons Around Scotland
That...made...
Perfect sense.
Until seeing Evelyn's phrase, she had momentarily forgot how many common interests she shared with Evelyn. The girl reminded her a bit of herself when she was in school; minus the quidditch and the Slytherin crest on the robes. "Oh. I would love to do that." She sighed quietly.
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory thought for a while then he wrote on his parchment:
Parchment Exceeds Maximum Duration As Specified
Jory hoped this was ok.
'
"That works," Hadley nodded as she passed by a young Hufflepuffs desk.
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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy
Right, so they had to create their own mnemonic device for the order of operations. pulling out a spare piece of parchment, the girl began thinking of words that could work. The first word that popped in her mind for "P" was "Puff", and no matter how much she though, she couldn't come up with another word for the letter. "D" what started with that. Writing down the first word that came to her, she shook her head and crossed it out. Sure badgers lived in the dirt, but she didn't think it would fit her phrase. After working a bit longer, she beamed as she looked down at her parchment. Sure there were many words crossed out, but her phrase was pretty awesome if she said so herself. Grinning, she raised her hand. "Professor Hadley, how about, 'Puffs Enjoy Many Delicious Aromatic Scents.'"
"Very true too! Considering where our common room is located!" Fina quipped at the fourth year puff.
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Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu
Blink.
"But Hadley, what do parenthesis have to do with math?" As far as Ellie was concerned, parenthesis were those curvy lines used in writing. "And what are exothingamajiggers?" Way to speak a different language there, class. And why did she seem to be the only one confused about this? Honestly.
So...now they had to create a phrase like that? With those letters? PEDMAS, was it?
She was so utterly confused.
Time to blot out her parchment again?
Okay. Did Ellie Stone seriously just ask that?
"The exponents you don't really have to worry about for Arithmancy sake. But the parentheses you do. Sometimes, parts of an equation are in parentheses," Hadley explained, as patiently as she could. "So when parts are in parentheses, that component of the equation, you solve first."
Make sense?
Why did Ellie seem so dumbfounded right now and they weren't even dealing with numbers yet? It was simply words? Strange girl.
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Originally Posted by Macavity
Gideon remained quiet and simply listened to his classmates and the professor discuss the first two questions. It wasn't like anything he could come up with to answer would be any different or better so he didn't. The fourth year did however take notes on what was deemed correct, finally decided to participate at the task of creating a saying using the words and tried to work on it on his parchment.
PEMDAS
Professors Employ Magical Displays At School
Ok so it wasn't the greatest and Gideon made a face. However it worked to some extent and true at times so he'd settle until he could come up with something more.
"Oh. That one is another very good one!" Good in that it was true, in Fina's mind at least.
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Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh
Seeing as Arithmancy was one of her weaker subjects, Ness had remained rather so far and she ahd focused on listening to the class instead. Pedmas..Ness thought of a good phrase that would be good for pedmas.
Nessie giggled at her sentence. It sounded quite ridiculous or at least she thought so.
"Oh merlin. I sure hope you're not REALLY doing such," Fina said, shaking her head at the second year. Because otherwise she was going to have to have another pep talk with her Hufflepuffs. Of course she might need to do that soon anyway....
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Originally Posted by ksabo
Hmmm... Katie thought and then she raised her hand "Perfect Elves Meet Dragons At School".... okay it wasn't amazing but it wasn't bad either...
"Not bad..." Hadley replied at the next phrase. "Not bad at all."
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa was getting discouraged. She was finding herself struggling in Professor Hadley's class. It wasn't because the Professor was a bad teacher, in fact, she was a good one because she simplified her explanations. It was Alyssa's fault. She was just bad at Math and from the sounds of it, Arithmancy sounded quite like Math. Alyssa disliked Math because she didn't have the patience for formulaes and theories. If she didn't know the answer right away, she didn't want to work to find it. But she knew that she had to try here. She couldn't let her House OR her House Mistress down.
So she quickly wrote down in the notebook what PEMDAS stood for:
P- Parenthesis, E-Exponents, M-Multiplication, D-Division, A-Addition and S-Substraction. Alyssa looked at the meanings and suddenly it dawned on her, this was just like the Muggle Math version of BODMAS which was Brackets, Order of Operation, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. At least now PEMDAS was looking familiar. But she laid thought aside for awhile. She needed to come up with a phrase for PEMDAS.
Alyssa thought for awhile and wrote down the possibilities in her notebook, scratching out those that were ridiculous or didn't make sense. When she finally came up which she was happy with, Alyssa smiled, raised her hand and said:
PEMDAS: P - Pearl E - Eats M - Macaroni D - Dogs (as in Hot Dogs) A - And S - Sandwiches
Aw. This Puff seemed to be trying SO HARD and Fina was sure of it! Beaming at her as she stated her own phrase, she nodded in approval. "Very cute." Not magical, but it sounded somewhat personal, which was good.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
Selina went to work creating an idom for Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction. She drew and the parchment and started to write:
Penguins exceed my deepest aspirations, soup. Pardon Ella, my darling, annoying sister. Please, Emma, my dog, ain't sick!
Puppies even make dog adults someday...
Ugh, they were all terrible, but they worked.
"Aw. I like that one!" Of course she would; being the proud owner of her own puppy who was growing up. Heh.
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Originally Posted by Presley Black
PEMDAS? Why on earth would they care about an aunt Sally? Or excuse her? If she'd done something wrong, it was up to her to figure it out! Presley put her quill to her parchment though, and worked on the assignment.
SPOILER!!: Presley's Paper
Pardon, Excuse me, dad? August sales?
Paper engineers mnemonics don't all say
Perhaps everyone moving does add something.
People end more dances and sonnets.
The more Presley tried to some up with something that made any kind of sense, the more she began to like the idea of pretending she had an aunt Sally. Most of hers were a nonsensical string of words, that all started with the correct letter. She sighed. She could simply remember "Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction" couldn't she?
Glancing over at the Ravenclaw's parchment, Fina frowned at how she seemed to be struggling to come up with something she was satisfied with. "You'll think of something. I'm sure. Though those all work for now."
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Kennedy tapped his pencil on his chin, thoughtfully. He had no idea of how to compose this. Words weren't that fun...sometimes. PEMDAS, he thought, what words fit that.
Pretty
Enemies
May
Dangle
At
Sunrise
....
That sounded about right. So, Kennedy raised his hand and said, "Pretty Enemies May Dangle At Sunrise." Although, he didn't have any pretty enemies, yet.
Taking a break from the sunsets? "That sounds ... eerie. But it works." It did. It really did.
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"Pretend Everyone May Dance At Sunset," Angelina thougt to her self. She thought it was so bad, but it was the only thing she could may up off the top of her head! Plus it might not make since! Angelina raised her hand and said, "Professor is Preten Everyone May Dance At Sunset is one," Angelina asked, and then she said, "I don't think its to good..." She then gave a ocnfused look and looked around the room at everyone.
Sunrise, Sunset... Sunrise, sunset... Swiftly fly the years All this talk of sunrises and sunsets had Fina reminiscing on ANCIENT tunes. "That works, yes. And it doesn't matter how good it is, really, as long as you can remember it." Just saying.
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Harvey smacked his head as hard as could.
"Sir I would like to change my suggestion to Please Excuse Dumbest Me And i'm Stupid."
Harvey just froze reliving the dumbest mistake he had just done. He wanted to run out of the lesson but he didnt want to risk losing the points he had gained so he stayed where he was silent as a doormouse.
With a blank expression on his face only listening to what others were saying.
"Your first phrase actually worked better, since it didn't include an extra word..." Hadley said, slightly befuddled by the change in heart. Even if it did embarrass the person it was talking about, sometimes that was better. Helped one remember.
"Oh and I'm not a SIR. Five points from Ravenclaw."
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PEMDAS...Hmm.
Jayden smiled, raising her hand.
"Prefects Entertain Many Dear Aurors Sometimes"
Not the best... but it was something.
Another one that had Fina glancing toward the couple of prefects in her lesson. "That works."
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PEMDAS! Yes, Vashti remembered it quite well from Muggle school, and she would've raised her hand to answer, but many of the other students were far quicker than she was, and then Professor Hadley was moving on. Ah, well.
That phrase was something she remembered too, though she didn't have an Aunt Sally either. She did have an Aunt Grace though, and she always wished she could've made the saying "Please excuse my devious 'dear' Aunt Grace." Unfortunately, subtraction didn't start with a "G," so she could never actually use it.
She was supposed to make up her own phrase to remember it by though? This ought to be interesting.
Picking up her quill and dipping it into her ink bottle, Vashti starting jotting down whatever came to mind.
SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment
Practically Evil Me Doesn't Accept Sorrow Perfectly Eager Muggles Don't Agree Sadly Practical Eagles Make Dozens Accept Suppression
Heh. This was fun.
"Oh! Those are all so lovely!" And was it her or had Vashti been keeping quiet much of the earlier part of the lesson? Always took the girl a bit to warm up, but she liked her input. She did.
"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
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Um no professor, Hufflepuffs were and always would be disgusting, so it was fitting that they would eat disgusting soup. She LIKED her mnemonic device AND her pink ink, so THERE.
Hmmph.
Tori's hand shot into the air as she answered this question. "My favorite number, three, has characteristics of imagination, positivism, playfulness, and creative expression, professor."
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SPOILER!!: Student Replies
"Not bad," Josephina remarked of the girl and her 'Mad Dog' mnemonic. "If you'd like a more magical creature, perhaps using Dugbog or Doxy would work too." Just a suggestion.
"I wouldn't say skilled, so much as cowardly," Fina mused. "But it works like you said it." So it was good.
Josephina really tried hard to refrain from rolling her eyes. Just because she never bothered to understand that whole blood purity thing, didn't mean there weren't others who were still sensitive over it. Dash probably understood it.
"If you can remember that..." It worked.
Oh. Her badgers were so silly when it came to these things. Silly in a good way, of course. "Alright, that's it. Head outside at Sunset so we can see some Purple-eared monsters!" Hadley teased. Of course she was joking; wasn't she?
Hadley frowned as she heard the next mnemonic. She couldn't decide if the girl had been making fun of Hufflepuffs or not, but something in her tone... said she had been.
"If you remember it, it works, but you should know that just because something might be disgusting to you, it might be delicious to someone else." AKA. It didn't HAVE to mean that Puffs ate anything or whatever the girl had been implying by that.
Hearing what almost sounded to be a tongue twister at first, Fina looked over toward the fourth year next. "The second one sounds less like a tongue twister." Just her suggestion. Maybe. Though both were creatively wonderful.
Hadley really wanted to say something along the lines of 'what about the half-bloods' but fought against it. Seriously, what was with people needing to point out blood status? Like it mattered?
"Good except for the extra word. As long as you don't get confused with it there, then I suppose it's alright..." Yup.
Sushi? That was something the house elves NEVER seemed to make. "Very ... ridiculously silly, but cute. I like it."
"Do they?" Fina asked, upon hearing the next ... question? Her eyes automatically seemed to flicker over toward Treyen and then Kurumi, before back to the Ravenclaw. Apparently lots of things happened at sunset that she was blissfully ignorant over. "Well... That's .. nice." Yup. Hehe.
"Oooh! I like that one!" Hadley called over, giving a brief grin to the young Gryffindor. Except that was when she realized something. "Except ... what about the S? It's PEDMAS. Perhaps add 'Superbly' to the end?" That ought to work.
"Professor Lafay would approve, I'm sure," Hadley nodded of the young snake.
Peeking over at a young Ravenclaw's parchment, Hadley wondered who Polly was, but as the latter sounded personal, she wasn't gonna make too big of a deal about it. "Very nice."
"As long as you know the extra word isn't a part of the actual order of operations, then it's good." Hadley told another student. Apparently six-word sentences weren't long enough.
"That sounds disgusting," Hadley said, making a face at the eating dragon muck. No one should have to do that. "But yes, it would work." Hehe.
"If you remember it, then yes, it's good... but gosh, I surely hope people don't really eat spiders or dragons or monsters." Ew.
"They must be pretty good devices if they're already sold," Hadley commented, teasingly. "Very good though." It worked and no extra words.
"Well peanuts are a good source of protein..." Hadley answered. "But you're missing the 'A'. I suppose you could add in 'amazing' though..."
"Simple, but it works." Fina confirmed, except curiosity got the better nature of her tongue as she spoke her next thoughts out loud, "Wonder what eating magical dandelions will do?"
"Oh. That sounds wonderful! I like that one and I do agree with that!" In most cases, she was pretty sure the professors at Hogwarts were very passionate about the subject they taught. At least the female ones seemed to be.
"Good, except ... remember that something disgusting to one person, might be yummy to another. But it works." Hadley told the young Puff. She liked Amethyst already.
"Just as long as you remember that those 'ands' aren't a part of PEMDAS, then you're good." Hadley told another student who was trying to sneak extra words in there. Muggle Studies. Sniffle. That made her miss Jeremy.
"Very good," Hadley nodded approvingly, at the young Ravenclaw.
Hearing the next one, Hadley smiled again in amusement. Some of these kids were just so creative with words. "Good, good."
Until seeing Evelyn's phrase, she had momentarily forgot how many common interests she shared with Evelyn. The girl reminded her a bit of herself when she was in school; minus the quidditch and the Slytherin crest on the robes. "Oh. I would love to do that." She sighed quietly.
'
"That works," Hadley nodded as she passed by a young Hufflepuffs desk.
"Very true too! Considering where our common room is located!" Fina quipped at the fourth year puff.
Okay. Did Ellie Stone seriously just ask that?
"The exponents you don't really have to worry about for Arithmancy sake. But the parentheses you do. Sometimes, parts of an equation are in parentheses," Hadley explained, as patiently as she could. "So when parts are in parentheses, that component of the equation, you solve first."
Make sense?
Why did Ellie seem so dumbfounded right now and they weren't even dealing with numbers yet? It was simply words? Strange girl.
"Oh. That one is another very good one!" Good in that it was true, in Fina's mind at least.
"Oh merlin. I sure hope you're not REALLY doing such," Fina said, shaking her head at the second year. Because otherwise she was going to have to have another pep talk with her Hufflepuffs. Of course she might need to do that soon anyway....
"Not bad..." Hadley replied at the next phrase. "Not bad at all."
Aw. This Puff seemed to be trying SO HARD and Fina was sure of it! Beaming at her as she stated her own phrase, she nodded in approval. "Very cute." Not magical, but it sounded somewhat personal, which was good.
"Aw. I like that one!" Of course she would; being the proud owner of her own puppy who was growing up. Heh.
Glancing over at the Ravenclaw's parchment, Fina frowned at how she seemed to be struggling to come up with something she was satisfied with. "You'll think of something. I'm sure. Though those all work for now."
Taking a break from the sunsets? "That sounds ... eerie. But it works." It did. It really did.
Sunrise, Sunset... Sunrise, sunset... Swiftly fly the years All this talk of sunrises and sunsets had Fina reminiscing on ANCIENT tunes. "That works, yes. And it doesn't matter how good it is, really, as long as you can remember it." Just saying.
"Your first phrase actually worked better, since it didn't include an extra word..." Hadley said, slightly befuddled by the change in heart. Even if it did embarrass the person it was talking about, sometimes that was better. Helped one remember.
"Oh and I'm not a SIR. Five points from Ravenclaw."
Another one that had Fina glancing toward the couple of prefects in her lesson. "That works."
"Oh! Those are all so lovely!" And was it her or had Vashti been keeping quiet much of the earlier part of the lesson? Always took the girl a bit to warm up, but she liked her input. She did.
"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
Marilyn had always had a special interest in numbers. She couldn't understand why, really. Potions was obviously her subject of choice. So, it surprised her.
The blonde flipped through her text, looking for Chapter Three.
Deciding on the number 7, she raised her hand, "Professor, I chose the number 7 (seven). The characteristics are Analysis, research, solitude, wisdom, spiritual focus, investigative, and mystical."
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Hmmm. Looking down to her notebook, she flipped to the next page since they wouldn't be needing the PEMDAS thing anymore, and listened to what Hadley was saying. Aw yes, the characteristics of the numbers. Didn't really need the book since they've been over this a few times in the past.
"The number one..." she started to say after she raised her hand. "Has characteristics of leadership, independence, beginnings and changes."
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Kourtney made note of her mnemonic on a piece of parchment before turning to the third chapter in her book. Her hand rose in the air as the next question was posed. "Professor, the number two has characteristics of: Harmony, unity, relationships, collaboration."
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"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
The characteristic of numbers between 0 to 9? eng... Raven thought hard, she opened the book. Then she raised up her hand and tried to answer. "Eng... I love number 8 because it means inspiring, result-oriented, powerful, ambitious, visionary, generous, perseverant, forgiving, broad-minded, money-conscious and self-disciplined."
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"Your first phrase actually worked better, since it didn't include an extra word..." Hadley said, slightly befuddled by the change in heart. Even if it did embarrass the person it was talking about, sometimes that was better. Helped one remember.
"Oh and I'm not a SIR. Five points from Ravenclaw."
"Oh so sorry ma'am these late nights studying are getting to me, I meant to say ma'am but came out sir, I was even thinking ma'am in my head. Is possible for you to NOT take the points away just because of a slip of the tongue?" Harvey thought he would ask
OOC:Sorry I saw that you had a picture of Julia but still I wrote 'sir' lack of sleep of the last few days has caused that, and yet I am still up RPing as it is fun! No amount of lack of sleep is going to stop me!
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"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
"The number 2 has the characteristics of Harmony, unity, relationships and collaboration, ma'am." He made sure to say the right one this time.
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SPOILER!!: Catching Up!
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Once it seemed like there was a well enough turn out, Fina flicked her wand at the door and it gently closed. "I guess we'll just get started now. For those who have been in my classes before, welcome back! For those who this is your first Arithmancy lesson . . ." Hadley looked toward the younger students mostly now. "Welcome! I'm Professor Hadley!" In case they didn't know.
"Today's lesson will be divided in two main parts. The first, some of you might find to be slightly boring or tedious, but it never hurts to refresh ones memory on certain aspects. So just bear with me and your classmates who are new to the subject." She paused. "So new Arithmancy students, who can tell me what is numerology? And older students, please, if you will, clarify the difference between the terms Arithmancy and Numerology? How do these terms relate and intertwine with one another?"
Elise squirmed akwardly in her seat. Arithmancy was confusing already!
"Err... I beilieve it's a connection between numbers aspects of life. It used to be considered a branch of mathematics, but I don't think it is now." she said.
Then, she lowered her hand, an odd feeling that she'd just said something wrong. Nevermind...
She then raised her hand for the next question. "The order of operations would be PEMDAS. Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction."
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"The order of operations is crucial to many of the numbers you'll calculate in your Arithmancy studies..." Hadley began, pausing for a bit. "Which is why, I want to make sure you remember them. Using a mnemonic. As August here mentioned, the order of operations can be summed up using the mnemonic, PEMDAS. Which stands for, Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction. The classic muggle phrase for this, which some of you might be familiar with is 'Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.'" Hadley frowned slightly.
"I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers."
ooc: create your own phrase for the mnemonic, PEDMAS. Be creative. Have fun with it. Jess is going to sleep, to allow others in different timezones to partake in the lesson, so you have probably about 8-9 hours to work on this, before we progress . . . =)
PEMDAS?! For Parenthesis, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. Nodnod. Write it down.
"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
Jayden raised her hand "Change, transition, progressive thinking, resourceful, freedom, versatility are the characteristics of the number five.."
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"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
Jez had been rather quiet during the lesson, which was weird since she enjoyed Arithmancy. Her brother Keegan had taught her a bit about it before, and she was fairly confident about it. So she raised her hand for this question. "The number 7 represents solidarity, mystery, wisdom or intelligence, and spiritual focus. 7 is also believed to be the most powerfully magical number." Jez suddenly thought of something that made her wince. She had 6 siblings, so that meant that, including herself, there were 7 children in her family. Given her parents' obsession with magical heritage, et cetera, she didn't think this number was an accident.
Ira liked number Two..."Professor, number two has characteristics of harmony, unity, peaceful and sincerity. Also it is believed to be most sensitive..."
Kennedy raised his hand, "I would guess mine is six?" It turned out sounding like a question and he didn't elaborate because...well she didn't ask. He wasn't sure where he fit. He chose six because it was about family and stuff. He was about family, a family that consisted of him and his mom, and he felt responsible for her...so he fit there. Unless, there was a zero where strange people fit?
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"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
Raising her hand, Elise answered the next question.
"The characteristics of the number three are positivism, playfulness, imagination and creative expression." She picked it because of her birthday. March 3rd.Teeheehee...
Ashley set aside his notes to look through the book for the proper chapter. As he read through, some of the other numbers were already being mentioned, so he decided to go with the first one on the list. Did zero count as a number between zero and nine? Or did the professor actually mean numbers one through eight?
He figured it wouldn't hurt to try, raising his hand. "I didn't know if you meant to include zero and nine... so I picked zero, which is Emptiness, change, decay, nothing."
"Not bad," Josephina remarked of the girl and her 'Mad Dog' mnemonic. "If you'd like a more magical creature, perhaps using Dugbog or Doxy would work too." Just a suggestion.
"Okay. Keep your mnemonics aside for future lessons. We won't be needing them more for this lesson, but I thought that was a nice exercise to get you all thinking..." Because they were going to need it for the next part of the lesson, which was admittedly more challenging. And she had promised they would need their wands, so she best not prolong the second part of her lesson and make it her second lesson.
"Numbers have various characteristics associated with them. You'll find these located in a neat little number chart in chapter three of your textbook. Can someone please tell me the characteristics of ONE number between zero and nine?" This was important for the next part.
Janice took out her book, consulted the number charts for a while, and quickly chose the number 3 as it reflects a lot to her house's traits. Her hand went up, and she answered.
"The number three has he meaning of: Building, formation, hard work, endurance, sober-mindedness, practicality."
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Um no professor, Hufflepuffs were and always would be disgusting, so it was fitting that they would eat disgusting soup. She LIKED her mnemonic device AND her pink ink, so THERE.
Hmmph.
Tori's hand shot into the air as she answered this question. "My favorite number, three, has characteristics of imagination, positivism, playfulness, and creative expression, professor."
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Marilyn had always had a special interest in numbers. She couldn't understand why, really. Potions was obviously her subject of choice. So, it surprised her.
The blonde flipped through her text, looking for Chapter Three.
Deciding on the number 7, she raised her hand, "Professor, I chose the number 7 (seven). The characteristics are Analysis, research, solitude, wisdom, spiritual focus, investigative, and mystical."
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Hmmm. Looking down to her notebook, she flipped to the next page since they wouldn't be needing the PEMDAS thing anymore, and listened to what Hadley was saying. Aw yes, the characteristics of the numbers. Didn't really need the book since they've been over this a few times in the past.
"The number one..." she started to say after she raised her hand. "Has characteristics of leadership, independence, beginnings and changes."
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Kourtney made note of her mnemonic on a piece of parchment before turning to the third chapter in her book. Her hand rose in the air as the next question was posed. "Professor, the number two has characteristics of: Harmony, unity, relationships, collaboration."
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The characteristic of numbers between 0 to 9? eng... Raven thought hard, she opened the book. Then she raised up her hand and tried to answer. "Eng... I love number 8 because it means inspiring, result-oriented, powerful, ambitious, visionary, generous, perseverant, forgiving, broad-minded, money-conscious and self-disciplined."
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Jayden raised her hand "Change, transition, progressive thinking, resourceful, freedom, versatility are the characteristics of the number five.."
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Jez had been rather quiet during the lesson, which was weird since she enjoyed Arithmancy. Her brother Keegan had taught her a bit about it before, and she was fairly confident about it. So she raised her hand for this question. "The number 7 represents solidarity, mystery, wisdom or intelligence, and spiritual focus. 7 is also believed to be the most powerfully magical number." Jez suddenly thought of something that made her wince. She had 6 siblings, so that meant that, including herself, there were 7 children in her family. Given her parents' obsession with magical heritage, et cetera, she didn't think this number was an accident.
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Ira liked number Two..."Professor, number two has characteristics of harmony, unity, peaceful and sincerity. Also it is believed to be most sensitive..."
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Raising her hand, Elise answered the next question.
"The characteristics of the number three are positivism, playfulness, imagination and creative expression." She picked it because of her birthday. March 3rd.Teeheehee...
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Ashley set aside his notes to look through the book for the proper chapter. As he read through, some of the other numbers were already being mentioned, so he decided to go with the first one on the list. Did zero count as a number between zero and nine? Or did the professor actually mean numbers one through eight?
He figured it wouldn't hurt to try, raising his hand. "I didn't know if you meant to include zero and nine... so I picked zero, which is Emptiness, change, decay, nothing."
"Quite right, all of you are!" Josephina beamed, making mental notes of the students who answered.
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"Oh so sorry ma'am these late nights studying are getting to me, I meant to say ma'am but came out sir, I was even thinking ma'am in my head. Is possible for you to NOT take the points away just because of a slip of the tongue?" Harvey thought he would ask
OOC:Sorry I saw that you had a picture of Julia but still I wrote 'sir' lack of sleep of the last few days has caused that, and yet I am still up RPing as it is fun! No amount of lack of sleep is going to stop me!
"Oh it's fine. Just see that you remember it next time, so no, i won't not take points away just because of that slip of the tongue." Fina frowned. Seriously, was he trying to SHRUG OFF not getting enough sleep? That was his own fault. Not hers.
ooc: it's only five points. As long you keep participating as you're doing, I wouldn't fret over it =)
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Janice took out her book, consulted the number charts for a while, and quickly chose the number 3 as it reflects a lot to her house's traits. Her hand went up, and she answered.
"The number three has he meaning of: Building, formation, hard work, endurance, sober-mindedness, practicality."
"Right, almost. Except I think your characteristics are ones that refer to the number four, not the number three."
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Kennedy raised his hand, "I would guess mine is six?" It turned out sounding like a question and he didn't elaborate because...well she didn't ask. He wasn't sure where he fit. He chose six because it was about family and stuff. He was about family, a family that consisted of him and his mom, and he felt responsible for her...so he fit there. Unless, there was a zero where strange people fit?
"Yours what?" Hadley frowned. "We're not discussing numbers and relating them to YOU." Honestly. Slytherins. Were they so conceited that they thought EVERYTHING was about them? "Generic numbers. And their characteristics."
Flicking her wand, the list from their book with the numbers appeared on the board with a few additions
"Ultimately this list contains the essential characteristics of each of the numbers zero through nine. As such, what might this indicate for a combination of numbers such as 47?" Fina asked. Nice random, two digit number.
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Jenny pondered for a while before quickly raising her hand. Wow, that was a good question.
"Um..." Jenny paused a bit before continuing. "with a number such as 47, there will be a combination of qualities from the numbers 4 and 7?" And she paused again. "Like 47 could represent hard work and wisdom at the same time...or it could represent endurance and spiritual focus."
It sounded so simple, yet why was Jenny thinking it could be wrong?
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Arithmancy One: Introduction to Spell Numerization & Basic Curse-Breaking 
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