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Post by roberts on Dec 25, 2005 18:28:25 GMT -5
(RL: I don't want Drew to loose us points for not showing up to class)
Violet drummed her fingers on the table, she waited for the others to show up. It was hard to tell who would be coming into class seeing a bunch of students from different years represented there.
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Post by christina on Dec 25, 2005 18:51:58 GMT -5
"Who knows what's takning him so long. You're guesss is just as good as mine," she told Violet. She listened to what Violet said, and Christina replied, "I think you can get on his good side eaither way. I got onto his good side from just walking in here."
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Dec 25, 2005 22:09:48 GMT -5
{Points... right.... which is why you're oh so concerned that Ari hasn't showed up either... oh, wait ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) } Allegra let the two girls talk, not sure whether she should (a)butt in and tell them to cut it out, (b)ignore it, or (better yet- c) save the information until that night and tease her brother about it.
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Post by christee on Dec 27, 2005 10:09:00 GMT -5
Arithmancy. Seanna didn't know much about it, her Professor hadn't taught her much about Arithmancy, considering that Seanna was always bugging her Professor to teach her more about Potions.
Making her way to the back of the room, Seanna sat out in organizing her desk; she had her quill by her side and her parchment int he middle of the desk, as Seanna knew she was probably going to have to take a lot of notes in this class.
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Post by Cameron Chambers on Dec 27, 2005 11:10:55 GMT -5
Cameron watched everyone. She sat to herself in the classroom. She wished class would start so that they could get it over with. Cameron layed her head on the desk and closed her eyes.
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Rebecca Davenport
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Post by Rebecca Davenport on Dec 27, 2005 20:49:22 GMT -5
The bell struck the hour and Becca closed her book with a snap. Looking over the students, she noticed a few faces missing and frowned. They would have to make up the material one way or another at a later time.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" she called out, getting the class to come to order. "This is Beginning Arithmancy. We'll be studying the basics of the subject, starting with the vocabulary and methods. Any questions before we start?"
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Post by roberts on Dec 29, 2005 9:09:12 GMT -5
Violet raised her hand and waited to be called by the Professor.
"Professor, I have a question. What is arithmancy?" Violet asked. This particular subject was something her parents didn't talk about. And that made Violet wonder what the story was. What was so important about the subject that made her parents not even mention it.
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Post by Cameron Chambers on Dec 29, 2005 13:00:17 GMT -5
Cameron opened her eyes and raised her head. She put her hands on the table, and looked at the professor, then at Violet, then back at the professor. Cameron thought for a moment. Arithmancy..she didn't really know that much about it, so she listened intensely.
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Post by Corey Faulkland on Dec 29, 2005 15:11:34 GMT -5
I know what it is, just not 'ow to do it. Corey thought lightly to himself as he awaited Professor Davenport's reaction. Which, Corey assumed would be most, unpleasant.
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Rebecca Davenport
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Post by Rebecca Davenport on Dec 29, 2005 17:34:30 GMT -5
Under normal circumstances, The poor Ravenclaw would have been fed to the hippogryffs for such a silly question, but circumstances were hardly normal this term. With so many positions empty, it was no wonder the class would be filled with people who didn't have the slightest idea about the subject they were forced to take.
Of course, being a Ravenclaw graduate herself, she would have thought the young bird would have at least looked it up.
"Fair enough question," Becca answered, going to the board and waving a hand at it. the word ARITHMANCY promptly appeared and she turned back to the class. "And also the begining of our lesson then..."
"Arithmancy, also known as Numerology, is quite literally the divination by numbers," she announced. "But it's much more scientific than any fuzzy clouds in a glass ball or pictures in a tea cup. .. no offence to any future Seers out there.
"The form of Arithmancy most commonly used was discovered by the great Greek mathmatician Pythagoras*. As in most forms of Arithmancy, the letters of the alphabet are assigned numbers. The value of certain things can be found and many different things can be discovered from those values... a subject for another lesson.
"Before we get started with the actual numbers, any questions?" she asked again, mostly giving the students a chance to catch up on their notes.
*{ooc: yes, the triangle guy for those of you who know your geometry}
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Post by christee on Dec 30, 2005 5:09:54 GMT -5
Taking down the notes that Professor Davenport had just said, Seanna straightened up in her chair a bit, putting her quill down and giving the Professor her full attention, "This class might not be so bad" Seanna thought to herself.
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Post by christina on Dec 30, 2005 19:38:23 GMT -5
Christina heard Violet's question. Of course, she didn't know exactly what the class meant. But, she could tell that it had something to do with numbers, which wasn't that hard to figure out. She nodded lightly as the professor stated what the class meant. She took down very sparse notes about that class. Some things she already knew about the class without even reading the book.
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Post by roberts on Jan 3, 2006 23:05:12 GMT -5
Violet felt like an idiot asking the question. And yet, she truly didn't know the answer. Her parents were very happy with what they taught her.
They figure, what she needs to know, she will learn in school.
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Post by sloire on Jan 4, 2006 18:06:49 GMT -5
Shay also took some notes for herself, but made way for herself to absorb what was said. She had a vague concept about Aritmancy, but until now her description of it was mostly a "subject about numbers and stuff". But taking in the slightly overwhelming information, she had to agree with the professor. This was more factual than Divination.
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Post by Rebecca Davenport on Jan 7, 2006 21:53:00 GMT -5
"Fair enough," Becca announced, seeing no one had a question and the students had finished their notes. "So our numbers..." With that announcement, she waved her hand at the blackboard and the chart appeared. "Allegra... If you will, please..." she siad, letting her student aide continue.
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