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The chill November air was definately hanging around the Divination Tower but once you ascended the ladder into the classroom the heat from the firegrate, being trapped in the room with the window-coverings, assured you this class was definately going to be a stifling one. The room was dark, apart from a few candles here and there so watch your step as you find you way to a table.
Professor Elwood was no where to be seen but you can bet she will be there soon so there had better be no funny business, besides her parrot, Galileo was there watching.
OCC: Come on in and take a seat. The lesson won't start for a while so there's plenty of time to post. Prof. Elwood doesn't appear to be there yet but don't try anything, Prefects will be in charge until she shows up. Enjoy.
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Kat never knew dreams had divination as well. That was awesome. Imaging trying to sneak into your sister's crazy never-gonna-happen-in-real-life dreams? Sweeeeet revenge.
"Dream Divination..." Kat said. "It's much specific name is Oneiromancy. And, well... it's a system of interpretting dreams and using these dreams to predict the future."
Now, what does the future have for Dianna? Children.
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Merlin, it was hot in here... Ethan was in the process of loosening his necktie when he was startled by a sudden and very loud voice that nearly made him fall out of his chair. He squinted his eyes, looking for the source of the voice, when a flame shot across the room. What kind of crazy class was this? Ethan was contemplating getting up and leaving when the professor appeared. The Ravenclaw raised an eyebrow at her appearance and chuckled lightly in bewildered amusement. This woman was bizarre.
Ethan listened as she spoke, then raised his hand. He was somewhat familiar with the topic as they had covered it a bit at Beauxbatons. "Dream divination, or Oneiromancy, is a way of foreseeing future events from your dreams." That was the gist of it, anyway.
The first student to answer was a Ravenclaw, ooh! Callie was proud, they had become her favorites since her time being at Hogwarts.
"That's correct, the technical name for Dream Divination is Oneiromancy." Not an overly indepth answer but great to get the ball rolling. The professor looked for the next hand raised.
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Merlin what is it about scaring the kids half to death whenever classes start this term?
But you know, it was Elwood, so of course this Ravenclaw sits up and makes it appear that he wasnt startled at all by those lights going out again with those glittery, fiery things making a bid for his scalp.
Now Dreams, obviously this was what the lesson was about. Dream Divination. He raises his hand and offered this answer "Professor, its dream interpretation, using elements in one's dream and learning what they symbolize. Its like a way to interpret what your subconscious is trying to say to your conscious side."
"Yes, Mr. Vanderbilt, your right. The idea of dream interpretation is to pick apart the individual elements of a dream to see how they will affect your life to come." She nodded and smiled at him. He was a smart one, a good student to have in class. "I'm glad you mentioned the subconscience, but I will get to that in a minute."
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As Cassia sat down in her seat waiting for the lesson to start she waved in greeting to some friends such as Sarah. She was restless and wasn't in the mood to speak or chat which was RARE. And probably that was caused by atmosphere? Outdoors lessons were much more fun ,but not in this weather of course.
She was trying to occupy herself fidgeting with her tie in order not fall asleep, when that creeeeeep voice sounded. The second-year practically jumped from her seat but landed safely. She was grateful for the darkness so no one should have noticed. OK? What's with the woman who was hiding! Talk about maturity.
Cassia sat frozen in her seat watching what the breeze did , the dust and the flame. Her eyes widening at each move Professor Elwood did with her wand. Yeah it was cool but a warning wouldn't have hurt. A jumpy second-year here!
The snake was grateful when Elwood seemed to have finished whatever tricks she had been preparing. Though she braced herself for any other upcoming tricks in store. Then the woman started to talk. Happy to see familiar faces? Well, it seemed that she wanted to give heart attack to some students in order to minimize the number of students, no?
Dreams. They were going to sleep? Well, Cassia would forget about the heart attack Elwood almost caused her if they went to sleep in the lesson for whatever academic reason. Though not now apparently.
The slytherin paused considering the question before raising her hand, swallowing the lump cause by the mini-heart attack she just suffered from ,she spoke, "Dream Divination is when you dream about something happening and then something that resembles it happens for real. "She said hesitatingly because she wasn't sure about it but she could give it a try and have a nap right now. No problem.
The girl was obviously effected by her entrance and that thoroughly sparked excitment in the blonde Divination professor. "Good job Miss Somerlad, you're on the right track." The little snake seemed like she was almost there just not letting her mind explore all the possibilities.
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Looks like he wasn't going to get away any easier with the nickname issue with Abby then he did with the other three, Vivi now among his tormentors he remembered. "How about a compromise of Gid." That he could half-way stand to be called and not want to cringe when it was used. Gideon didn't get to hear an answer as suddenly a loud voice rang out and it took him few moments to realise it was Professor Elwood's own amplified as she spoke.
Cue dramatic entrance.
Sure enough after her words and a few dramatic actions...like the pink dust that was now everywhere...the woman showed herself from behind the chair in the front of the room. How had they missed that? Whatever...the first question had been posed at the end of the brief introduction about dreams and Gideon raised his hand to answer as he briefly wondered where Selina was off to.
"Its the interpretation of the symbols and events that occur within our dreams in an attempt to predict what it might mean to the course of future happenings." A least in his thoughts, the mention of its supposed name had been lost on him until he heard it from another student.
"Good, good Prefect Gert. Dream Divination is just that." Callie was glad so many of them had heard of the subject. It just meant she didn't have to carry them the whole time.
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Sarah had gotten quite a fright at first.. yet she liked the drama of it all. Especially the fire that went through. "All of us dream plenty of times through out the time we sleep. It is a cycle. Sometimes we remember dreams when we wake up -sometimes we don't. When interpretating dreams, it is important to know that even in a propheitc dream some detail may be false. If you dream about something that happened that day, then it is not a prophecy. Only dreams that have nothing to do with the previous days events and thoughts can even be considered prophercy". Then Sarah remembered that the information she gave over had NOTHING to with knowlege about Divinition, just dream interpreting. Sarah had read up some things about dreams.
Callie listened as the young Lion talked about her idea of dream divination, nodding the whole time. "Very good, although just because somehting has to do with what has happened to you in the previous days doesn't mean you can completely rule it out as being prophetic, you could be experiencing a premonition of something that will happen in result of whatever action you already performed. Don't rule anything out just yet." Elwood said with a smile.
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Belle jumped when the professor amplified her voice. She was in a heavy daze due to the heat of the room and the smells wafting. Belle was used to this but it was the first class of the semester.
The professor asked a question and she wondered what Dream divination was. "Professor isn't dream divination a study when you want to interpret and find what your dreams mean in depth?" Belle was always curious about this subject. She loved her dreams and always wanted to know their depth.
Another Prefect. It was good to see that they were setting a good example for their classmates by attending the best class even the non-required classes.
"Yes good job. We can't just look at a dream as a random firing off of neutrons in the brain, they can actually mean something." She just needed to make sure all of the other students got that point.
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Merlins Beard!
Hannah jumped up when the professor announced herself all crazy like. She eyed Elliot. This is what she meant when she said that she would regret coming to this class. Hannah was going to have to start paying more attention when she came to class because apparently the professors have completely lost it this term!
Anyways the crazy lady was asking a question. "Professor in your sleep you could dream about something that could be giving you clues about something that may happen in the future." Hannah herself did not believe in this nonsense because if that were the case then she would go to sleep tonight and dream about a world where puffers didn't exist!!!
Excellent!
"Yes good. Our minds can use dreams to potentially warn us of something that will happen in the near future. The trouble is we don't always remember all of our dreams." That made things tricky. They were doing well so far.
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Ew. Divination. Ew. Elwood. EWWWWWWWW.
Elijah, needless to say, wasn't Elwood's biggest fan. He didn't mind Divination TOO much, because it was the easiest class to make up a whole load of gobbledegook and still seem right. But, Elwood's presence in the class certainly detracted from that novelty somewhat.
Despite Elijah's reservations about the class, he rather had enjoyed her display of sparkles and fire (although, the voice was a little unsettling)! Unfortunately Elijah could imagine that this was as exciting as the class was likely ever to get...
Oh look! There she is! Behind the chair. How clever. Spooky cow, with her creepy voice. With her now present, the lesson could begin and Elijah could sleep (it was dark enough to hide him, right?)... They were supposed to be studying dreams, after all. Well how best to do that than to....
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Professor Elwood didn't see a hand raised from the boy dressed in Hufflepuff robes sitting near the back but she did recognize who he was even in the poorly lit room. Elijah Wilde, the loose cannon of last term, had decided to continue in the Noble Art for another term after his reckless actions last spring. She eyed him more a moment and then turned to the other students answering her question.
She would deal with him in a minute.
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He was relaxed and just about to fall asleep. When he hears Professor Elwood start class loudly. Nigel jumped a little and almost fell out of his chair. He quickly got his balance back and looked around to see what was going on. Oh, Class has started an it was about dreams. Perfect. Nigel closed his eyes right when she was talking about fairies and dragons.
Well since this lesson is about dreaming. He thought it would be alright to go to sleep. He might even dream about dragons. It was way to hot in here and Professor Elwood's voice was not that loud anymore. Nigel fell asleep dreaming about faires and dragons.
Another dozer?!
The room seemed to be doing it's job. Callie couldn't believe that someone could fall asleep during a lecture about such a fascinating subject as Dream Divination but under the room's conditions she could see even stranger things happening.
He would be dealt with in one swoop alongside Elijah.
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Okay, maybe her father would just have to deal with her quitting...because...Elliot JUMPED as the professor suddenly made all the candles go out...uh...okaaay? and then...fairy dust and FIRE? Elliot put both her hands over her hair, protecting that over anything else...
Her hair was very important, yes?
And then...the woman jumped on her desk...MERLIN! Elliot met Hannah's eyes...and tried her best not to laugh...okay...Divination was proving to be VERY interesting indeed. She raised her hand..."Aren't dreams our unconscious? Sometimes can't they tell us things about ourselves that we don't even realize...and in some cases, that's the future...right?" Because honestly Elliot was just guessing.
"They do come from out SUBconscious." She corrected the girl gently and nodded along. "And they inform us of things that we don't pick up when we are conscious." Callie understood what the girl meant despite her wording misshaps.
Ravenclaws just had too many thoughts going on at one time is seemed.
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Ella was drumming her fingers on the table in front of her, trying not to let the lack of light play tricks on her eyes. When a sudden gust of wind swept through the room, blowing out some of the nearby candles, Ella shivered. No, it wasn't cold, but Ella was a little scared now. This type of thing happened in those horror movies she loved to watch with Gran. Next would be someone jumping o-
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The third year literally JUMPED out of her seat when suddenly a BOOMING voice sounded throughout the room. She regained her composure and listened, eyes a bit wider than before, as talk about dreams continued. The pink dust was a really nice touch though Ella could have done without the fire, only because it was already nearly a thousand degrees in here. Dramatic.
Ella smiled, eyebrows raised, as Professor Elwood them emerged from behind the chair. Heh. She'd seriously gotten Ella, the badger had definitely been freaked out!
Dream Divination? Ella didn't know too much about the technical side of it but she did understand the purpose of it. "Professor, I believe dream divination has to do with interpreting one's dreams."
A very basic answer, but good all the same.
"Yes dear, that is a good start." Professor Elwood nodded at her and moved on to the next student.
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Daichi had seen the wave that Kurumi had send him but he didn't wave back. He tried to give her a smile but it turned more in to a grimace.
He waited for the class to begin and end as quickly as possible. It wasn't that he didn't want to learn but, well , the obvious candles in the room just made him feel uncomfortable.
The Slytherin jumped when the candles suddenly blew out and he let out a laugh, an actual laugh of relief. No fire~! yaaaay! And then a voice came which he knew was the Professor and he even giggled at her words. Crazy lady hehe. And the pink twinkling dust was soooo cute~! He wanted to have that...can he? can he?
But his smile and laugh turned upside down again when a HUGE flame shot up from behind the chair where the voice was coming from and the Slytherin fell off his chair. Lying on the ground, Daichi stared up at the flames that traveled to the wall and he...
Cried. Not like a baby but his eyes began to feel watery and he shuffled on his behind to the ladder. He needed to get out of here, this was too dangerous! His hands found the hatch as he pushed it open when the flame vanished.
Daichi blinked his eyes as his heart was still pounding loudly. Was it over? With shaking hands, he let go of the hatch and it closed shut was a loud bang. He was still sitting near the entrance to the tower though when the Professor asked the first question and his cheeks began to blush.
Dreams? WHATHADFIREHADTODOWITHDREAMS?! "D-dream divination is..wanting to get out of here...can i?" please?
What in Merlin's shined Crystal Ball?!
Callie had been ready to start the class after her spectacular introduction and had not expected Mr. Katharos to get up and frantically leave the room. "Mr. Katharos I am not finished with my lesson. Why do you need to leave, did you see a mouse? It is important for you to tell me if you actually saw a mouse!" Professor Elwood would NOT continue class if there was a mouse in the room but she wouldn't let them know that unless that was actually the case.
She could handle anything but mice. Ew.
Professor Elwood kindly walked over to the boy and pointed him back to his seat, assuring him that if there was a mouse he could leave.
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Oooh, breeze. Theo enjoyed that, BUT, he did not enjoy the fact that the room suddenly got darker. It was creepy. But at least the professor was here. Though, she was being pretty creepy herself.
WOAH, NOISE.
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Theo jumped out of his skin, but did rather appreciate that big introduction. Wheeeheh, the professors were all being pretty awesome this term. Dreams. Theo always had the best dreams, but he hated waking up in the morning. Linking them to Divination, though? Ehhhhh, there was only one thing that stuck in his mind.
"Is it something to do with.... deja vu?" Deja vu was pretty self explanatory, wasn't it?
"Ooooh an interesting point Mister Kinsley. Deja vu is an excellent suggestion. Deja vu oftentimes is the result of an action becoming true that once presented itself in your dream but you just don't really percieve it that way because you don't fully remember your dream." Pretty much deja vu was a very real thing.
Calista loved when younger students attended her lesson because they always had a fresh look at things.
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Wooooooow...What an entrance...oh Merlin. Elektra sarcastically thought. Oh, what was she in for right now? She then flincheda bit from the weird voice thingy she was doing and then shook her head a little bit and then huffed. Next, Elektra squinted her eyes a bit as the room got a littl brighter and she looked around the classroom as she listened to the professor continue to talk. Dreams? This lesson has to do with dreams? Huh...shouldn't be too hard. Elektra raised her hand and leaned forward a bit in her seat, "Well...Sweet dreams are made of these. Who am I to disagree?" Elektra then sat back and chuckled to herself. Oh, yeah...she just recited words to a song called 'Sweet Dreams.'
"Ummm...I'm not entirely sure what you mean but okay." Professor Elwood looked at the Ravenclaw again tyrin gto further decipher the girl but just assumed she knew what she meant so who was she to question others' dogmas.
Whatever floats your boat.
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IT WAS ANOTHER DEMENTOR ATTACK!!!
The lights suddenly dimmed, and Sierra had the urge to toss Beezus into the line of fire. Whatever this was, Sierra would make sure it got the Ravenclaw first.
Then she heard the booming voice of Ellwood. Where was this woman?! Creepy. Just creepy. Whatever happened to just standing in front of the class and saying--What can you tell me about dream divination? No. Ellwood had to go and make it seem like they were under attack.
She cleared her throat, trying to make it seem as if she hadn't been bothered at all. "Well, I do that it's a way for our future to come to us in our dreams," she said. "Sometimes we may dream what we think are silly dreams, but they're really hidden messages about our future. We just have to interpret them first."
"Yes, Miss Greingoth, you are correct. We always need to keep in mind that no matter how silly a dream may seem it may have real meaning behind it." The Prefect was being so cooperative, Callie didn't detect the tone that some of her collegues mentioned when talking about the girl.
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Kurumi was about to respond to Sarah when....she arrived.
Erm...right...the woman was going to have to show up eventually seeing as this was her lesson but...never mind. "Dragons breath fire whether you ride them or not," she muttered into her textbook, pretending to look at though she were reading something fascinating in it.
Dream Divination. She remembered keeping dream journals her...first year was it? Dreams that had shown her one thing and the opposite had happened in reality. SEE!? This subject was so flawed and dkfldfsljsjsl.
Sitting up straight and putting her book down, Kurumi DID raise her hand to answer. "Some say that it is the most important means of divining the future."
"You could say that. Everyone has their own opinions on what type of Divination is better or more important than others." Elwood has expected more from Kurumi but perhaps she was just having an offday? The Divination Professor nodded at her and went on to the next student.
Maybe the girl was trying to cram all of the information in now and didn't read the textbook over the summer? Didn't seem like her.
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Jeez, what was with the professors and dramatics this term? Had they all gone to a drama seminar or something over the summer? Not that Emmanuelle wasn't enjoying it or anything. In fact, she was 'ooh'ing and 'ahh'ing over the beginnings of this lesson. Yep, the fire thing was pretty cool. And she might have hastily gathered up some of the pink dust for later use. One never when Hogwarts was going to have a party, after all. And pink dust was useful for just such events. Ahem.
Dream Divination? Wasn't that when people spotted 'symbols' in their dreams and 'interpreted' to mean certain things? Like dreaming of a tornado meant you were going to be hit with a sudden windfall- of money? Em had always thought it was a bunch of bull. Like, really, how could one predict something in their dreams when they couldn't while they were awake? Since dreams were just a part of a person's subconscious and all.
She just crossed her arms and gave the professor an 'I'm-not-convinced' look.
This girl seemed very impressed by Professor Elwood's demonstration and she grinned brightly as she saw the girl save some of the pink fairy dust. How cute!
But instead of answering and being a good little Divination student she crossed her arms and said nothing. Well FIIIINE.
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Aaaand.. Abby stared as the supposed professor came flying into the class. This woman was actually a professor? She seemed so.. weird but then again the subject was super weird. Obviously, a weird professor would be teaching a weird subject. And, the professor had made the room darker too which was really annoying. Wasn't the classroom already dark enough?
Sullenly, Abby raised her hand. "Interpretration of dreams? Although, I really don't think ALL our dreams tell us something about our future." Because she got really silly dreams sometimes. They couldn't actually mean anything, right?
Oh a new student and Hufflepuff--she must have heard how awesome her class was and decided to take it.
But Elwood was not impressed with her answer, there seemed to be a bit of doubt behind her words. "It's important to never throw out any dream dear, even a dream about eating a ham sandwhich could hold deeper meaning perhaps even relating to life or death!" Yeah...that was a little over the top but it still could happen....oh! Like choking. Yep.
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Jory was startled by the Professor's sudden entrance. But he listened to her intently as she talked about dreams.
Dream Divination? He was not sure what it was about but he raised is hand, anyway to give an answer. "Dream Divination is a sort of prediction,'' he began. "They maybe can give an indication of some future event? Or every detail from the dream may come through.''
"Good job Jory, you're on the right track." The Hufflepuff certainly got the jist of things it seemed.
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Eliza was still trying to adjust to the nauseating heat when a voice took hold of the room. Dreams? She thought Divination was all to do with tea and crystal balls - things she didn’t put much stock in, mind you. Being a Ravenclaw, she had a hard time believing your personal biases would somehow not cloud your ability to see shapes and visions objectively. Dreams however were another matter. They were something you couldn’t manipulate to your own agenda. They just… happened, and sometimes you were lucky enough to remember them. Well, in her case, most of the time.
She admired the sparkles and fireballs and thought the professor must’ve really enjoyed theatrics. I wonder if there’s a theatre club at Hogwarts… Just then a figure jumped out at the front of the room, blonde hair flying from the momentum. “Jeepers!” she cried out. Seeing it was only the professor, Eliza relaxed again. Or rather, tried to relax. Is it always this hot in here? she wondered. She was beginning to think the reason for the heat was to cause hallucinations -- from heat stroke.
This being the first year's one and only Divination lesson, she didn’t know much about dream Divination. She raised her hand and made her best guess. “I’m assuming it has to do with trying to interpret our dreams? Sometimes they must just be silly nothingness, but other times they could be trying to tell us something.”
She pulled at the neck of her sweater. Merlin! I know it’s a chilly autumn, but this heating is overkill. She twister her pale auburn hair to the side, hoping to cool her neck some. Wait... she thought, Can Professor Elwood read my mind? She hoped not. She wasn't always as pure of thought as she was of tongue. I guess if I hear her in my head, I'll have my answer. ...Er, well if she can read minds and talk to them that is.
"Very good!" Callie's eyes twinkled a bit as she looked at the little Ravenclaw who seemed to be battling with herself in her head, probably about her answer. Those Ravenclaws were always trying to do their best at everything academic.
"Dreams are the way our subconscious talks to us and it is important that we do our best to listen. Good point, thank you." She would keep her eye on this newcomer; a new student mind to mold.
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Nerida had sat down when she felt a sudden breeze come through the room making her a bit cold rather than hot but once she noticed the room had gotten darker she gulped...What was Professor Elwood planning? Dreams...Nerida loved dreams...She giggled as she saw the pink dust fall and light enveloped the room. But as the fire shot out she couldn't help but jump back in her seat a bit...Wow...The Professor must have practiced this for days!! And she was doing a good job too...
Dream divination...She had read about it last year when she was looking through those divination books. Raising her hand Nerida said, "Dream divination is a system of dream interpretation in which it uses dreams to predict the future.
"Very good, Nerida, glad to see you have your thinking cap on today." The girl could always be counted on for a quick, to the point answer and she was a joy to have in her lessons.
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... Happiness never seems to last long enough for her.
Louisa simply jumped in her chair as a booming voice echoed through the class suddenly, looking around a bit frantically as fire suddenly roared up in class before it died down and the nice Elwood's voice returned to normal.
Welp, wasn't that just a successful theatrical introduction? Louisa smiled back at the professor when she met her eyes.
Divination and dreams! That was Louisa's first Divination lesson, very touching. She shot her arm up in the air after listening to Vickers' answer, "The ancient Egyptians wrote a book about it, "Ramesside Dream-Book" which only fragments survived and was translated into English." Pause. "Dream Divination is Oneiromancy... right?" Just checking.
And it was Louisa! Callie hand't gotten to talk to her this term so far or to congradulate her on her new position as Head Girl. She would have to invite her over to her office for some candy and gossip later.
"Yes, the technical term for dream divination is Oneiromancy. And thanks for mentioning that Egyptian text because it shows us just how widely spread and practiced these types of Divination are." Another smile to the Claw and Callie moved to the next student.
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Dream Divination? What can dream divination be? Surya wondered. Let's see. I know what are dreams. And divination is predicting the future if I am not wrong. Then dream divination is supposed to be, "Professor, Predicting the future through our dreams, that is while sleeping is dream divination.", Surya said it as soon as he raised his hand and stood. But is he correct?
"Good, good you're on the right track." Callie smiled at the boy and went to the next student.
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Jasmine started at both the sudden breeze and the Professor's dramatic entrance. Eyes wide she watched as she stepped out from behind a chair. Merlin, she was there the whole time....clever if not slightly creepy.
Shifting in her seat to get more comfortable, she loosened her tie slightly to let some air under her shirt. Phew, hot! Trying to ignore the supressing heat, Jasmine started taking notes on the responses to the Professor's question.
Jasmine couldn't help but scoff a little at the notion of it. None the less she raised her hand and replied with both an answer and a question, "Dream Divination would seem to be an interpretation of one's dreams by associating preconceived symbolic references that pertain to whatever was dreamt about. However, Professor, are not all dreams subjective? For instance, if one were to dream about rain, one could say it is a symbol of fertility and that the person will soon be with child, or one could say the rain is a symbol of cleansing and soon their troubles will cease, or one could even say rain is a symbol of a bad omen and that they will soon meet their doom. There are so many interpretations how would one know which is correct and thus be able to divine a singular outcome?"
Callie looked at the Lion as she talked and nodded slowly as she got to the point of distrusting the practice, it was natural for those who were not fully immersed in the Noble Art to feel this way sometimes. "Good on the first point but I want to bring somethingto your attention about your doubt towards the end of your answer. Are not oppinons and multiple interpretations present in many subjects such as literature, philosophy and some historical events? The way we sift through the random and often times untrue interpretations is that we trust in professionals of the subject, the writers of your textbook, to inform us of the correct and most widely approved symbol interpretations, make sense?" So it wasn't all just guess work. She wanted to make sure that the whole class got that.
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Laura looked at the Professor and smiled as she raised her hand. "Well since there is dream in the title, I would say it's when your asleep, is it when something from the future come into your sleep and then happens the next day?" Laura smiled, she had no idea if she was right but it was worth a try.
Very literal but still right.
"Yes, Laura, you are definately on the right track." The girl was a troublemaker according to the other Professors but she seemed to be fine and on task in Elwood's lessons.
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Kat never knew dreams had divination as well. That was awesome. Imaging trying to sneak into your sister's crazy never-gonna-happen-in-real-life dreams? Sweeeeet revenge.
"Dream Divination..." Kat said. "It's much specific name is Oneiromancy. And, well... it's a system of interpretting dreams and using these dreams to predict the future."
Now, what does the future have for Dianna? Children.
"Very good, we use dreams in order to divine the future." Callie nodded and prepared to move the lesson on and to take care of those who were sleeping.
Professor Elwood done her best to reflect and work on each of the student's who spoke up's answer and when she was done with it she stood and walked towards Elijah's and Nigel's desks and pointed her wand at them, sending a stream of cold water to spray them both awake. "Now Mr. Wilde and Mr. Barrington, just because we are talking about things that happen when you are asleep does not mean that I want you to go to sleep during my lesson or to be rude and ignore your classmates as they speak. Disrupt my class again and you will have a points loss and perhaps detention." Yes she knew she made the disruption but she was the boss-lady.
"Alright, great answers everyone. It's clear that the majority of you all understand the basics of Oneiromancy which means you all either pay attention when your past professors rambled on about other forms of the subject or you have read ahead in your textbooks which, either way makes me proud of you all, good job." She crossed one leg over the other as she sat in her chair and thought for a moment where she was going to go next.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
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SPOILER!!: Question 1
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Professor Elwood didn't seem to be in the room but she WAS...
Because of the light being so dim, her Galileo playing his part of showy bird distraction, and the overall unawareness of their surroundings a student usually has were working perfectly for Callie's plan. The blonde was hiding behind the arm chair at the front of the class so that no one could see her and ruin her lesson introduction. As she heard the students enter and complain about the heat she grinned mischeviously and placed her wand to her throat whispering, "Sonoros."
Suddenly a breeze went through the room, created by the professor to NOT make it cooler but to just blow out a few of the candles making it a tad darker than before. Creeeeeeeeepy. Now Elwood's voice floated into the classroom.
"Dreeaaamss! They become your reality when you go to sleep." she started, still behind her chair. "You can fly, you can walk on water, faires live among you," with that a sparkling of pink dust and light appeared to fall from the ceiling, "and dragons breath fire as you ride them." A huge flame tore across the ceiling and extinguished as it hit the far wall. Yes, she had been practicing that for weeks.
She undid the voice raising spell and spoke in her normal voice again. "Dreams." Professor Elwood popped up from behind her chair wishing she had her banshee costume from last term and grinned with a little pose to show how she suprised them. "They are also the window to the future in some cases. It's good to see you all here this afternoon and I am happy to see plenty of familiar faces." She winked and nodded at Kurumi, Loiusa, Sierra, Jory, the fainting girl from the Oghamn stave lesson, and others--a good batch of kids.
She needed to go on. The woman used her wand to light a few more candles returning the light to the original dimness as before she blew them out and sat down in her armchair. "What do you all know about dream Divination?"
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Minerva listened as the professor began class, but she wasn't completely sure she knew where the professor was. It had gotten dark and Minerva felt her heart rate pick up. She always got nervous in the dark. Not that she was horribly afraid, because she wasn't a little kid anymore, but she just felt a bit of nerves when the dark approached.
Thinking of the answer to the question Minerva put her hand up. "Well professor Dream Divination is when we look at our dreams to help us tell the future. Some of our dreams could be messages of things to come, whether it be good, bad, or maybe even about someone close to us." she was hoping she was at least close if nothing else.
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The first student to answer was a Ravenclaw, ooh! Callie was proud, they had become her favorites since her time being at Hogwarts.
"That's correct, the technical name for Dream Divination is Oneiromancy." Not an overly indepth answer but great to get the ball rolling. The professor looked for the next hand raised.
"Yes, Mr. Vanderbilt, your right. The idea of dream interpretation is to pick apart the individual elements of a dream to see how they will affect your life to come." She nodded and smiled at him. He was a smart one, a good student to have in class. "I'm glad you mentioned the subconscience, but I will get to that in a minute."
The girl was obviously effected by her entrance and that thoroughly sparked excitment in the blonde Divination professor. "Good job Miss Somerlad, you're on the right track." The little snake seemed like she was almost there just not letting her mind explore all the possibilities.
"Good, good Prefect Gert. Dream Divination is just that." Callie was glad so many of them had heard of the subject. It just meant she didn't have to carry them the whole time.
Callie listened as the young Lion talked about her idea of dream divination, nodding the whole time. "Very good, although just because somehting has to do with what has happened to you in the previous days doesn't mean you can completely rule it out as being prophetic, you could be experiencing a premonition of something that will happen in result of whatever action you already performed. Don't rule anything out just yet." Elwood said with a smile.
Another Prefect. It was good to see that they were setting a good example for their classmates by attending the best class even the non-required classes.
"Yes good job. We can't just look at a dream as a random firing off of neutrons in the brain, they can actually mean something." She just needed to make sure all of the other students got that point.
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"Yes good. Our minds can use dreams to potentially warn us of something that will happen in the near future. The trouble is we don't always remember all of our dreams." That made things tricky. They were doing well so far.
Professor Elwood didn't see a hand raised from the boy dressed in Hufflepuff robes sitting near the back but she did recognize who he was even in the poorly lit room. Elijah Wilde, the loose cannon of last term, had decided to continue in the Noble Art for another term after his reckless actions last spring. She eyed him more a moment and then turned to the other students answering her question.
She would deal with him in a minute.
Another dozer?!
The room seemed to be doing it's job. Callie couldn't believe that someone could fall asleep during a lecture about such a fascinating subject as Dream Divination but under the room's conditions she could see even stranger things happening.
He would be dealt with in one swoop alongside Elijah.
"They do come from out SUBconscious." She corrected the girl gently and nodded along. "And they inform us of things that we don't pick up when we are conscious." Callie understood what the girl meant despite her wording misshaps.
Ravenclaws just had too many thoughts going on at one time is seemed.
A very basic answer, but good all the same.
"Yes dear, that is a good start." Professor Elwood nodded at her and moved on to the next student.
What in Merlin's shined Crystal Ball?!
Callie had been ready to start the class after her spectacular introduction and had not expected Mr. Katharos to get up and frantically leave the room. "Mr. Katharos I am not finished with my lesson. Why do you need to leave, did you see a mouse? It is important for you to tell me if you actually saw a mouse!" Professor Elwood would NOT continue class if there was a mouse in the room but she wouldn't let them know that unless that was actually the case.
She could handle anything but mice. Ew.
Professor Elwood kindly walked over to the boy and pointed him back to his seat, assuring him that if there was a mouse he could leave.
"Ooooh an interesting point Mister Kinsley. Deja vu is an excellent suggestion. Deja vu oftentimes is the result of an action becoming true that once presented itself in your dream but you just don't really percieve it that way because you don't fully remember your dream." Pretty much deja vu was a very real thing.
Calista loved when younger students attended her lesson because they always had a fresh look at things.
"Ummm...I'm not entirely sure what you mean but okay." Professor Elwood looked at the Ravenclaw again tyrin gto further decipher the girl but just assumed she knew what she meant so who was she to question others' dogmas.
Whatever floats your boat.
"Yes, Miss Greingoth, you are correct. We always need to keep in mind that no matter how silly a dream may seem it may have real meaning behind it." The Prefect was being so cooperative, Callie didn't detect the tone that some of her collegues mentioned when talking about the girl.
"You could say that. Everyone has their own opinions on what type of Divination is better or more important than others." Elwood has expected more from Kurumi but perhaps she was just having an offday? The Divination Professor nodded at her and went on to the next student.
Maybe the girl was trying to cram all of the information in now and didn't read the textbook over the summer? Didn't seem like her.
This girl seemed very impressed by Professor Elwood's demonstration and she grinned brightly as she saw the girl save some of the pink fairy dust. How cute!
But instead of answering and being a good little Divination student she crossed her arms and said nothing. Well FIIIINE.
Oh a new student and Hufflepuff--she must have heard how awesome her class was and decided to take it.
But Elwood was not impressed with her answer, there seemed to be a bit of doubt behind her words. "It's important to never throw out any dream dear, even a dream about eating a ham sandwhich could hold deeper meaning perhaps even relating to life or death!" Yeah...that was a little over the top but it still could happen....oh! Like choking. Yep.
"Good job Jory, you're on the right track." The Hufflepuff certainly got the jist of things it seemed.
"Very good!" Callie's eyes twinkled a bit as she looked at the little Ravenclaw who seemed to be battling with herself in her head, probably about her answer. Those Ravenclaws were always trying to do their best at everything academic.
"Dreams are the way our subconscious talks to us and it is important that we do our best to listen. Good point, thank you." She would keep her eye on this newcomer; a new student mind to mold.
"Very good, Nerida, glad to see you have your thinking cap on today." The girl could always be counted on for a quick, to the point answer and she was a joy to have in her lessons.
And it was Louisa! Callie hand't gotten to talk to her this term so far or to congradulate her on her new position as Head Girl. She would have to invite her over to her office for some candy and gossip later.
"Yes, the technical term for dream divination is Oneiromancy. And thanks for mentioning that Egyptian text because it shows us just how widely spread and practiced these types of Divination are." Another smile to the Claw and Callie moved to the next student.
"Good, good you're on the right track." Callie smiled at the boy and went to the next student.
Callie looked at the Lion as she talked and nodded slowly as she got to the point of distrusting the practice, it was natural for those who were not fully immersed in the Noble Art to feel this way sometimes. "Good on the first point but I want to bring somethingto your attention about your doubt towards the end of your answer. Are not oppinons and multiple interpretations present in many subjects such as literature, philosophy and some historical events? The way we sift through the random and often times untrue interpretations is that we trust in professionals of the subject, the writers of your textbook, to inform us of the correct and most widely approved symbol interpretations, make sense?" So it wasn't all just guess work. She wanted to make sure that the whole class got that.
Very literal but still right.
"Yes, Laura, you are definately on the right track." The girl was a troublemaker according to the other Professors but she seemed to be fine and on task in Elwood's lessons.
"Very good, we use dreams in order to divine the future." Callie nodded and prepared to move the lesson on and to take care of those who were sleeping.
Professor Elwood done her best to reflect and work on each of the student's who spoke up's answer and when she was done with it she stood and walked towards Elijah's and Nigel's desks and pointed her wand at them, sending a stream of cold water to spray them both awake. "Now Mr. Wilde and Mr. Barrington, just because we are talking about things that happen when you are asleep does not mean that I want you to go to sleep during my lesson or to be rude and ignore your classmates as they speak. Disrupt my class again and you will have a points loss and perhaps detention." Yes she knew she made the disruption but she was the boss-lady.
"Alright, great answers everyone. It's clear that the majority of you all understand the basics of Oneiromancy which means you all either pay attention when your past professors rambled on about other forms of the subject or you have read ahead in your textbooks which, either way makes me proud of you all, good job." She crossed one leg over the other as she sat in her chair and thought for a moment where she was going to go next.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
Minerva listened to all the answers and then couldn't help a quiet giggle when the professor woke up the sleeping students. She couldn't believe some of the behaviors this year. What was going on with all these students, but she did not want to think about that.. no it just made her crazy thinking how behind her house was now from all the weird things going on with students. Back to thinking about dreams, sleep, and divinations, yes that was what they were talking about.
Putting up her hand Minerva wasn't completely sure if she knew exactly what REM meant but it wasn't going to hurt to try at least, 'Professor Rem is a sleeping cycle where your eyes move back and forth. If it is the time you find your dreams, then it must be the time where you are sleeping in the deepest sleep and maybe not able to be woken up as easy." Yes, that sounded at least part right. Hopefully it didn't sound to weird or wrong.
Eliza was pleased when the professor liked her answer and found herself smiling. She’d always been very interested in her own dreams. Sometimes she even sketched out certain scenes from them if they were particularly dynamic. It would be fun and possibly, mayyybe beneficial to learn some ways to interpret them. She still wasn't quite sold on the idea of one set of symbolic standards for every person, but she'd try to have an open mind.
Yes, the subconscious, she pondered, it really all has to start there doesn’t it? Listening to the rest of the professors explanation, she shot her hand up in the air to answer the next question.
“REM stands for rapid eye movement, Professor.” She had looked this up before so she was pretty sure she was right. “It’s when your mind is at its deepest level of sleep and relaxation, I think. That’s when you start to dream.” She sat up straight in her seat, quill in hand to take more notes - eager to hear more on this subject.
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Kurumi glanced over at Daichi again for a moment before looking back at the professor as she responded to her sarcastic response to what Dream Divination was. Yeah yeah...it was wishy washy and not well thought out. But, one could make such an argument for this entire subject.... soooooooooooooo....
But class had moved on to something more scientific and Kurumi was more willing to put in effort here, which is why she raised her hand again. "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep which, as the name implies, is a stage of our sleep where our eyes are moving around a lot. More dreaming occurs at this stage along with bodily movements. You also have a faster pulse and your breathing increases as well." She paused for a moment, glancing around the room and wondering if there were any mice around. "Most complex dreaming occurs during REM sleep, but people who have been blind from birth do not experience REM sleep...or so I have read."
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Well, okay. It was so hard not to give the obvious sarcastic answer involving the band name, but really, she didn't want to be sprayed by another professor. Even though it might cool her off a bit. Why did it have to be so hot in here? "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep. It's when most of the dreams that we remember happen." Emmanuelle said, biting her tongue to keep from going on. She did start humming a tune that sounded suspiciously similar to a song by a certain band though.....
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Ella didn't know too much about REM besides what it stands for, though her classmates had already shared that information. Instead of repeating their answers, the third year did her best to scribble down any new information. It was tough given the lighting in the room but she managed. The third year couldn't help but wonder what they would be doing in relation to dreams. She hoped they wouldn't have to share them with their classmates, as Ella found herself dreaming about her mom a lot. That was not a subject she cared to discuss.
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Sierra smirked at the spray of water going right toward the two boys. Serves them right, although...she really didn't blame them. It felt like a sauna in here, and surely being asleep and not knowing what was going on was far better than enduring the heat. Still, though, she silently thanked the boys for he in-class amusement. Divination needed it.
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"It stands for Rapid Eye Movement," Sierra said, raising her hand. "...and it happens when our subconscious mind takes over, and it sort of replays thoughts and ideas we have."
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Nerida always had her thinking cap on...Literally she didn't know how to turn it off...When someone was sarcastic she it took her a couple seconds to know that they were being sarcastic. She giggled as she saw Elijah and Nigel be sprayed with water...Its what they deserved for sleeping in class!
Raising her hand Nerida answered "REM stands for Rapid eye movement. REM is the normal stage of sleep which is characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes. Um, I believe that is classified into two categories tonic and phasic. More dreaming happens when we are in the stage of REM.
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Dreams, eh? Well she guessed it was one of the more interesting forms of divination, especially since everyone dreamed, not just seers. For the first few minutes Silvia sat quietly, just listening as she usually did. But then the next question came up. REM. Ooooh, Silvia knew about that. A lot about it, it seemed as the quiet Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to speak...
"REM stands for rapid eye movement. It occurs when we sleep and, as the name implies, it involves the rapid movement of the eyes. It doesn't happen during the entire time we are asleep, but occurs on and off throughout sleep, and it tends to occur more often the longer we are asleep. During this time is when we dream the most, and those dreams tend to be more vivid. The outer body also experiences a sort of paralysis during REM, even though the heart rate is increased, and it can be difficult to wake someone up during it."
PHEW! Okay, that was probably way more than enough, though Silvia was tempted to make a few more points about sleep stages; but she had talked enough for the moment. Rarely did she give such detailed answers in any class. Clearly she had been reading too much psychology of late; her current reading obsession it seemed.
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Jory was amused when he saw what Professor Elwood did to the two boy. Sleeping in class..
He remembered reading about REM recently. Just before the holidays were over, in fact. He raised his hand. "REM means rapid eye movement. That means our eyes move faster than usual. And more dreams also happen at that time.''
Other than that, he couldn't remember anything more.
Abby smirked as she watched the Professor spray water on those two boys. Seriously, who could blame them? If it wasn't so horribly warm, she would have gone to sleep too.
The Hufflepuff raised her hand. "Um. Professor, I don't think I'm going to answer the question since everyone here has already done that for me." And she assumed they were all right since she pretty much had no idea what they were talking about.. or she simply didn't care to understand what they were talking about. UGH.
Callie looked at the Lion as she talked and nodded slowly as she got to the point of distrusting the practice, it was natural for those who were not fully immersed in the Noble Art to feel this way sometimes. "Good on the first point but I want to bring somethingto your attention about your doubt towards the end of your answer. Are not oppinons and multiple interpretations present in many subjects such as literature, philosophy and some historical events? The way we sift through the random and often times untrue interpretations is that we trust in professionals of the subject, the writers of your textbook, to inform us of the correct and most widely approved symbol interpretations, make sense?" So it wasn't all just guess work. She wanted to make sure that the whole class got that.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
Jasmine furrowed her brow as she listened intently to everything that the Professor was saying. She found that she could follow what was being said to her and see the point trying to be made, however, she still had an uneasiness about the whole practice. After the Professor finished speaking, Jasmine nodded and smiled politely before bending over her parchment and noting what she had learned.
As the last student was replied to the next question was raised and after hearing it, Jasmine felt a bit more comfortable. A question about something that will be answered with a single straight forward fact.
Siting up straighter and clearing her throat slightly, she raised her hand and answered," REM or Rapid Eye Movement, is a state of sleep where one's dreams are said to first occur. Normally this can last 90 to 120 min on average per night and seems to be most active in the morning hours. An adult tends to spend 20-25% of their night in REM sleep while a newborn baby can spend as much as 80%. There seem to be many theories of different REM sleep cycles based on memory,simulation, and the like."
Jasmine paused to take a breath and in that time relaized she was most likely rambling on the subject and felt the need to add, "Sorry Professor, my Aunt Aurora has an extensive medical library and I read through quite a few of her texts over the summer and I just happened to remember some facts about REM." Blushing slightly she looked down at her notes and fiddled with her quill.
She had not meant to spout out all those facts but she felt comfortable with answering this question. Facts she could do. She just hoped that taking this class would not hurt her marks much. She was aware that at this subject she was a little out of her element, especially with not even knowing what Divination was really about. She was willing to give it a chance though, even with her doubts on the actual merit of the practice. So with a look of determination, Jasmine decides to learn as much as she can about it and hold off from discounting anything. Besides, her Aunt always said that ignorance is no one's best friend.
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Deja vu was a good answer?! Wow, touchdown.
But Oneiromancy? What the heck was that? Apparently the students knew a lot about it, but this certain Slytherin did not! .... He'd ask..... later on, maybe. The twelve-year-old wrote down 'Rapid Eye Movement' into his notebook, but it meant nothing to him. And he couldn't be bothered to listen to students, so he waited for the professor's legit explanation.
Theo hated not knowing stuff. But when it was Divination stuff, it was always gonna be the case. Turns out it wasn't as easy as ooooohing and ahhhhing in front of a crystal ball.
It was no use...... "I don't get it." He muttered, more to himself really.
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It was Surya's turn now. He now understood how useful it was for him to study the muggles course materials. "Professor" he said raising up his hand and standing up. "There are two basic states of sleep. rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During sleep, the body cycles between non-REM and REM sleep. Typically, people begin the sleep cycle with a period of non-REM sleep followed by a very short period of REM sleep. Dreams generally occur in the REM stage of sleep." He has finished his answer and this time was sure that his answer was correct. Since there class today is on dreams then they will be today learning about (REM) that is Rapid eye movement sleep.
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As Tiffany started to joint down some of the notes that the professor has sorted out, she raised her hand to answer the second question that she has just mentioned. "REM actually stands for Rapid Eye Movement which some of us would have experienced while they are sleeping,"she answered as she flicked through her book. "And usually people could recall their dreams better when they are experiencing REM." It was not a good thing though, at least to herself since it means that you did not have enough sleep that previous night. It's not a good sign when you can recall all the dreams you have made.
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At first Kat didn't get what Professor was talking about. She was about to enter the state of panicking since she doesn't remember. Remember what she read from this Muggle book about dreams and sleep. REM is actually an acronym. "REM is the acronym for Rapid Eye Movement. It also means paradoxical sleep."
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Professor Elwood done her best to reflect and work on each of the student's who spoke up's answer and when she was done with it she stood and walked towards Elijah's and Nigel's desks and pointed her wand at them, sending a stream of cold water to spray them both awake. "Now Mr. Wilde and Mr. Barrington, just because we are talking about things that happen when you are asleep does not mean that I want you to go to sleep during my lesson or to be rude and ignore your classmates as they speak. Disrupt my class again and you will have a points loss and perhaps detention." Yes she knew she made the disruption but she was the boss-lady.
"Alright, great answers everyone. It's clear that the majority of you all understand the basics of Oneiromancy which means you all either pay attention when your past professors rambled on about other forms of the subject or you have read ahead in your textbooks which, either way makes me proud of you all, good job." She crossed one leg over the other as she sat in her chair and thought for a moment where she was going to go next.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
Oh, yes the subconscious. Knows quite a bit about that. Suffice it to say Vickers’ own has been getting the best of him lately, and truthfully it’s a good thing.
He raises his hand and replied "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, it earned its name because your eyes physically move about behind your eyelids as if you’re ‘seeing’ something, very similar to when you’re awake. It is said that its during this time that the brain consolidates memories, which is likely the reason why some of your dreams are influenced by people and events that happened to you during waking hours."
And having said that prompted him to ask this "Professor, what Theo said about déjà vu—how does that happen? Specially when you find yourself in a déjà vu moment and you’ve never been to that place or met certain people before?” Cant chalk it to past experiences because everything was totally new.
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Rem cycle. She had heard of that before, but what was it? She heard her other classmates talking about rapid eye movement, but what did that really have to do with dreaming? unless you were dreaming of something awesome and your eyes are going really fast to keep up. Hmmm...that would be a good point.
Hannah shot her hand in the air. "Professor that it when you are in that good sleep." She knew what that meant right? "That's when your sleep is at it deepest and you are not likely to get disturbed easily." There maybe that explained it a bit more.
And having said that prompted him to ask this "Professor, what Theo said about déjà vu—how does that happen? Specially when you find yourself in a déjà vu moment and you’ve never been to that place or met certain people before?” Cant chalk it to past experiences because everything was totally new.
The little Ravenclaw's ears perked up when she heard another student ask a question about deja vu. She'd had that happen to her a few times before and her mom had never really been able to explain it. That was especially shocking to Eliza, since her mom had been in Ravenclaw - and she thought her mother had the answers for everything.
She raised her hand and said, "Professor, I'd really like to know more about deja vu too!" She gave a small smile to the boys who'd asked about it, hoping they wouldn't be annoyed with her. She just thought they might get to learn more if multiple students seemed interested.
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Professor Elwood done her best to reflect and work on each of the student's who spoke up's answer and when she was done with it she stood and walked towards Elijah's and Nigel's desks and pointed her wand at them, sending a stream of cold water to spray them both awake. "Now Mr. Wilde and Mr. Barrington, just because we are talking about things that happen when you are asleep does not mean that I want you to go to sleep during my lesson or to be rude and ignore your classmates as they speak. Disrupt my class again and you will have a points loss and perhaps detention." Yes she knew she made the disruption but she was the boss-lady.
"Alright, great answers everyone. It's clear that the majority of you all understand the basics of Oneiromancy which means you all either pay attention when your past professors rambled on about other forms of the subject or you have read ahead in your textbooks which, either way makes me proud of you all, good job." She crossed one leg over the other as she sat in her chair and thought for a moment where she was going to go next.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
Belle was glad the professor admired that she shown up for the class. Being a prefect and all does get you noticed.
When the professor asked the question, Annabelle remembered about talking REM sleep with her father. He was interested in this stuff. "Professor i think REM sleep stands for Rapid Eye Movement and what i know about it is it has three stages in which you fall asleep. I think it is between the second and third stage is where you get the deep sleep." She wasn't quite sure what stage it was but she gave it a shot.
Oooh, they were talking about subconscious too. That should turn out interesting. Louisa couldn't help but grin when professor Elwood sprinkled water in Elijah and Nigel's faces, she made sure to put her hand over her mouth though in case the woman took offense of Louisa's big grin.
Back to the class, though! The Ravenclaw shot her hand up in the air and tried not to sound repetitive, "REM is the second main phase of our sleeping, professor. Like what everyone else said it stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs after 90 minutes of going to sleep." She leaned her chin on her hand and added, "The length of this REM stage declines as we grow older. So it's highest when we're infants, almost."
A path is not simply for walking, its purpose lies in moving forward and improving oneself.
Mice? The Professor thought that he was afraid of invisible mice?
Daichi momentarily forget where he was as he stared with an confused look at the Professor. So if he said that there were mice then he could leave the class? It was that simple?!
A part of him wanted to confirm that there little creatures running around but then he would miss a class and he didn't want that either. "N-no Professor, i'm s-sorry i just got ...startled?" he tried. Startled was a very mild word. He'd actually cowered away as the fire from earlier that went over the ceiling and to the wall had reminded him of the staircase at his old house eight years ago.
His cheeks flushed red as the Professor escorted him to his original seat and he sat down. The blast of fire was out and the candles as well so hopefully he could concentrate on the lesson.
REM? He had seen that word before, hadn't he seen it at the library when he was studying together with Gwen? "REM stands for ...Real Eye movie?"
he was right, right?! And that was the only thing he knew.
"Yes, Laura, you are definately on the right track." The girl was a troublemaker according to the other Professors but she seemed to be fine and on task in Elwood's lessons.
Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors.
Laura smiled as she raised her hand. "REM stands for Rapid eye Movement." Laura was sure she knew about that. "It were your eyes move rapidly whilst you are asleep." Laura looked at the Professor before continuing with her answer. "I also think that it can cause you to wake whilst you are doing rapid eye movement, though it might only be for a second or two." Laura decided she would stop her answer there and hope she was right.
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