Arithmancy 2
 

It is unlikely anyone knows what to expect upon entering the Arithmancy classroom today - even the new professor! The outrageous circumstances of the previous professor's exit are surely on everyone's mind, but Professor Tanner hopes to make a fresh start. Though she has had little time to prepare for her new role, she certainly is enthusiastic.

Not much can be gleaned of the content for today's lesson by simply looking around. The board has only five words scrawled across it: Arithmancy Lesson Two, Professor Tanner. Said professor is standing behind a small podium that has a few pieces of paper packed with notes. Come on in and take a seat!

OOC: The lesson has now moved to this thread.

Class Progression
Welcome, explanation, and what have you been covering?
What do you know about Master Numbers?
Info on Master Numbers, what do you think the missing Masters are?
New master numbers revealed, can you identify these people?
Portrait answers
Let's head outside!

Heather was actually surprised that the Headmistress had been able to find someone to take Professor Domingo's place, considering that it was the end of March already and they only had about three months left of the school term. But she had, so here Heather was going to Arithmancy class again. She didn't really know what to expect, since even though this professor had apparently been at this school before as the Quidditch official/Flying instructor, she nor her dorm mates had been here during the professor's time. Hopefully, she was easier to understand than Professor Domingo. Seriously, it was hard to learn anything when you couldn't understand a word the professor was saying.

Walking into the room, Heather was surprised to see who she assumed was the new professor standing behind a podium and the class and professor's name written on the board. That was unusual for Hogwarts. Though not for Beauxbatons, so she exactly what to do. She took a seat quietly, greeted the professor with a "Good morning," and sat there otherwise quiet, waiting for class to start.

Professor Domingo got the sack, or well, that's what people kept saying and having not seen the Latina at the staff table during meals anymore she was actually inclined to believe this. It was either that or the woman had grown an anti-social shell and only came out after dark. Admittedly, the idea wasn't so far fetched by virtue of the fact this WAS Hogwarts and stranger things had happened but no, all she kept hearing was the woman was gone. Some people said they saw Law Enforcement walking around too but that might not have been related so she wouldn't put much stock into it.

Who would they get now? Merlin not another Professor Fr3nch--althoooough, with the rate at which the teaching was going in this place now, Lex was inclined to have another nutter for a Professor. Might as well. He or she would fit right in in this madhouse they called a school.

Stepping in, Alexa nearly took a step out, noticeably taken aback by Professor Tanner standing by a podium. What was she doing here and not down on the sunken quidditch pitch trying to make it better? Can't have flying class and such all the way up here. Or rather, they could, but it'd be a bit difficult and the Firsties might get hurt...on purpose.

Weird..."G'morning Professor...." The hesitation was evident in her voice while she tried making sense of the whole thing.

Toby didn't read the papers, so he hadn't heard any of the 'official' stuff about Professor Domingo. All he knew was that he'd gone to visit her office one day and she'd been nowhere to be found, and then everyone seemed to be talking about some sort of arrest? Well, whatever. Domingo wasn't here, which meant another new professor.

When he stepped into the room, Toby actually stopped in his tracks. Tyner. Tanner. The flying professor... here. Tobias blinked, letting this register in his foggy brain, but then... very quickly accepted it and stepped inside to take his regular window-side seat. Tanner teaching Arithmancy. Cool.

"Hi Professor Tanner," the Hufflepuff said, with less of his usual exuberance and enthusiasm, and no bounce at all, but still smiling all the same. Toby sat, got out his note-taking things, and waited, glancing out of the window from time to time as he twirled his quill absently in one hand.

So Professor Domingo was gone. That made Adi one very disappointed Hufflepuff. But Professor Tanner wouldn't be so bad, right? That was his thought as he stepped into the classroom and he spotted her.

"Hello, Professor.'' Adi smiled broadly. He was going to remain open minded about her teaching this subject. Yep! Anyway, now to find a seat. Oh looky. It was Zander, the weird Gryffindor. "Hiya, Zander,'' the Puffer said as he slipped into the seat beside the boy.

Ian wandered into the Arithmancy classroom. He had hoped that there would be no more Arithmancy lessons this term, but alas that had not proven the case. The head,I stress had quickly worked to get a new one. Ian had heard the stories. He just hoped this one was more teachy than the previous Arithmancy professor had been.

He walked into the classroom, which was quite austere, and greeted the new professor. Good Day professor. he turned and waved to the students who occupied seats, including Adi. He then made his way to his now comfortable back corner.

Jasmine arrived for Arithmancy class unsure of what to expect. She had heard......things about Professor Domingo that were quite disturbing. In a crazy way, she had taken a liking to the sassy Profesora and now she was supposedly gone. Well Jasmine was taking an I'll believe it when I see it approach to the whole thing.

When she walked into the classroom, Professor Domingo was indeed gone. Yet another person feeding into Jasmine's abandonment issues. The gone without a trace count was officially at three and counting. Perhaps the even bigger surprise was who was standing at the front of the class, ready to teach apparently. Professor Tanner? Well OK, why not? Jasmine had definitely learned to expect the unexpected here at Hogwarts. When you were a student, you kind of learned to roll with things......so OK. "Hello Professor", Jasmine said to the former flying instructor. Then she found a seat and waited.

Ethan was busy checking his things inside his bag when he reached the door of the Arithmancy classroom. For the nth time during that week, he wasn't feeling himself as of late, and kept on forgetting some of his school stuff.

Arithmancy book, parchments, self-inking quills...wand...so far so good.

The prefect sighed and opened the door and saw...well, that's not Lolita Domingo. Ethan read the writings on the board, and quickly memorized it. New professor? Again? Or was she...oh wait, she's the Flying Instructor, right??? What was she doing here then? Ethan closed his mouth before the professor sees him gawking and sat on his usual seat in the classroom. "Good morning, Professor Tanner." Questions...he got questions, but he decided against asking the professor up front as to where...or what happened to Domingo. Surely, she'd tell in a while, yeah?

The prefect got his writing implements and book out, sat back, and waited for the class to start.

Alright, the first student! Tiara had a certain panicky thrill somewhere near her stomach when the young lady walked in. "Good morning yourself, Miss Xanthopoulos. Please, take a seat anywhere you'd like," she said with a slightly nervous smile.


Yes, she noticed the uncertainty in that greeting. "You're in the right place, don't worry. Thank you for coming, Miss Cambridge." It was always good to have student leadership around. "Sit anywhere you'd like."


Ah, here was a student she had a definite soft spot for. "Mr. Tempus! Welcome," she said, evidently enthused... unlike the young man? "Is everything alright, Tobias? You don't seem yourself today."


Here was a student that did not look happy to be here. Understandable. She remembered from her own days as a student here that this class had been difficult for a large percentage of students due to its math content. "And a good morning to you as well, Mr. Adair." She gave him a quick smile to hopefully put him at ease.


But at least Mr. Rehman looked happy to be here. She always did like that particular badger quality. "Good morning, Mr. Rehman," she said whilst returning his grin.


Another Hufflepuff... where were all her eagles? "Good morning! Please find a seat anywhere you would like."


Aha! Finally, a Ravenclaw! "Hello, Miss Guidry. Thank you for joining us. I hope you've found some of your house mates to follow you?" She really wanted a strong eagle representation, given that one of their house leaders was teaching this subject.


Another prefect, excellent. And this one was clearly confused. "Good morning, Mr. Mordaunt. You've found the right place, don't worry." She echoed the same reassurance she had already given this morning. Clearly word of her new position had not spread amongst the students as of yet, but now it surely would.


She chuckled at the new Gryffindor to enter. Indeed, she was a professor now. "Good morning, Mr. Rogers. I'm glad you've made it today. Find a seat anywhere."


"And a good morning to you, Mr. Atreyu." It was good to see people sitting by others that were not all from their house. The best way to build inter-house unity was friendships such as these, in her opinion.

OOC: We'll begin in a few hours!

Angel was a bit scared as she walked into Arithmancy. "Good morning Professor." Angel wondered what was going on with the Professor and what had happened to the old one since she had been in trouble by the looks of things.

Looking from the window to Tanner, Toby paused before letting a wider smile than before grace his features.

"Everything's fine, Professor," he replied, which was partly true at least. "Just... tired. Lots of studying, y'know? OWLs, and all." The Hufflepuff tapped the feathered end of his quill on the desk and went on smiling. He was cool, he was okay, he was ready to learn.

...

Aaaaaand it was on with the show.

Mkay so, Domingo not here, something to do with the Ministry, something to do with the chorts. Toby was sort of phasing in and out, but he absolutely caught the part about how Tanner was gonna get them through to the exams. THAT was a relief. Arithmancy was hard, okay? But Toby trusted Professor Tanner.

As for what they'd been doing... uhh... Good question. Tobias wasn't sure he could remember, being that he had an unreliable memory as it was. He rifled through his parchment, in case he'd accidentally pulled some old class note out of his bag, but nope. The Hufflepuff decided to go with what he could vaguely remember of the past lessons, and raised his hand.

"We did something about life path numbers, more recently. Calculated and interpreted the numbers of people we admired." At least, he was pretty sure it was the life path number that they'd looked at. Like 72 percent sure.

Ian nodded at Toby's response. He raised his hand. she didn't do lots of instruction. Most of our lessons were using our textbook to find the answers as she provided direction. that was the way Ian saw it. It was his very first class and he'd learned very little. It could of course have something to do with his unhappiness with the way he felt treated by the horrid woman.

Professor Tanner was another one of those Professors whom you can count on to return your cheery grin. For some reason, her smile reassured Adi this was going to be a good class.
...................

Looks like Adi would be hanging out with to Gryffindors for this class. Zander the Weird and Benny the Dragon. "Hi,'' Adi replied to the greeting. Would the lesson be starting soon? Yes, it would!

Oh. So that's why Domingo was not here anymore. Pity. The woman really knew her Arithmancy. For obvious reasons. Anyway, what exactly had they been doing in previous classes? His wife Agatha and Tobias pretty much summed it up.

Angel looked at the Professor as she sat down. "Professor we learned how to study from a textbook." Angel said truthfully, that was what she had learnt anyway she had no idea what else she had learned because most of it did come from the books.

Found the right place? Well, he knows that he's inside the Arithmancy classroom, but he was rather...confused, perhaps intrigued, as to why she's teaching this class now, and not Professor Domingo? He heard rumors of course, but those can't be trusted unless he hears it from a reliable source.

Ethan subconsciously got his self-inking quill, and began to write the things that Professor Tanner was saying. Did she say...cooperating with the Ministry of Magic? Oh. Oh. This is big news. Was Simon listening??? Because they can finally close their own mini-investigation with this information!

Now, her first question. What did they learn from Professor Domingo? Agatha was the first to speak, and he decided to latch on to her answer. She did miss a few points, right? Hand up. "We learned about the Pythagoreans and their obsession with numbers, professor." That was one of her lessons that made his head ache. Arithmancy is a great class, but that topic was indeed challenging. For once, the answers couldn't be found in their textbooks.

In his seat next to his best mate (Ethan Sherlock Holmes), Simon's eyes widened when he saw an Arithmancy Professor that DID not look like Domingo. He was going to make a comment to Ethan when the Professor began the class so the boy fiddled with the parchment in his notebook as he listened to the Professor speak.

No kebabs?

SIGH. He really wanted to bring that up but he felt as if Professor Tanner wouldn't appreciate a comment like that so Simon stayed silent and took notes for a quick recap. Yep, he was busy being a very good student.

So there it was. The things that Jasmine had heard were true. She couldn't believe that Professor Domingo had anything to do with the Chorts at Hogwarts last year. Well now Professor Tanner would be teaching them. Jasmine had been a little a lot worried about surviving her Arithmancy NEWTs. Hopefully everything would work out.

So Professor Tanner wanted to know what they had learned so far. Jasmine raised her hand and said, "We learned about the Reduction method". And some other things, but one answer was sufficient or now.