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princess of*hp* · 05-14-2011, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Making her way back up to the front of the room, "Right. So as I've just had you practice the process of transferring letters to numbers and thus to discover the numerical value of words and sentences, you're probably all wondering why or what is the meaning of this?" She paused, letting this sink in. "Honestly, compared to some of the other numbers we've calculated or WILL calculate in the future, there isn't much meaning to this so much as symbolism." Okay kids, throw stuff. Do it. Josephina could see it on their faces that they probably wanted to.

"Paragrams are more about symmetry, for instance, poetry with all lines having the same sum and construction of parallel passages. Some of you probably noticed during your calculations that some of your words ended up with the same values. That is exactly the kind of symmetry I'm talking about!" Hmm. Complicated much? It was about to get more so.

"Any questions?" She asked, glancing around the room. Because if they were all as beat as she was from the numbers, then she was game for assigning the homework and that was it.

Contrary to the looks on the faces of the other students, Theodore felt perfectly at ease. Numbers were fun for the studious Ravenclaw, and this class sounded like it would be one of his favorites. Quickly, he wrote down Hadley's explanation of paragrams in his arithmancy notebook.

SPOILER!!: Notebook

Folding his hands together, he set them on his lap as he looked around aimlessly, waiting for the next instructions and the homework assignment to be announced.

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princess ofhp Hinkypunk Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: At the close. Posts: 12,424 Graduated Diagon Alley Proprietor: Amadeus Alfred Kipling Owl Post Office Assistant x7	Lady Lem\|DJ Melfoy\|Braedeus ♥ Stumble\|Bebé Melón\|B2\|Andee & Melsse\|Melephone Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Making her way back up to the front of the room, "Right. So as I've just had you practice the process of transferring letters to numbers and thus to discover the numerical value of words and sentences, you're probably all wondering why or what is the meaning of this?" She paused, letting this sink in. *"Honestly, compared to some of the other numbers we've calculated or WILL calculate in the future, there isn't much meaning* to this so much as symbolism." Okay kids, throw stuff. Do it. Josephina could see it on their faces that they probably wanted to. "Paragrams are more about symmetry, for instance, poetry with all lines having the same sum and construction of parallel passages. Some of you probably noticed during your calculations that some of your words ended up with the same values. That is exactly the kind of symmetry I'm talking about!" Hmm. Complicated much? It was about to get more so. "Any questions?" She asked, glancing around the room. Because if they were all as beat as she was from the numbers, then she was game for assigning the homework and that was it. Contrary to the looks on the faces of the other students, Theodore felt perfectly at ease. Numbers were fun for the studious Ravenclaw, and this class sounded like it would be one of his favorites. Quickly, he wrote down Hadley's explanation of paragrams in his arithmancy notebook. SPOILER!!*: Notebook* Paragrams: pertain to symmetry i.e. poetry with all lines having the same sum, construction of parallel stanzas Folding his hands together, he set them on his lap as he looked around aimlessly, waiting for the next instructions and the homework assignment to be announced. __________________ T.D. & A.A.K. ❥ Tune in to Potterwatch! ❥ DJ Melfoy