Zekke looked up from his seat in the middle of the row in the middle of the classroom. His quill fairly flew along the parchment, though his notes didn't seem to be completely written in English.

Arithmancy = Divination minus tea leaves and such.

Character Number, Heart number, and Social number, calculated by using your name...

He wondered if the French version of Arithmancy was the same thing. Deciding he might as well ask, he raised his hand and waited to be called upon. When he was called upon, he cleared his throat.

"Professeur," he cringed slightly, hoping his French accent wasn't too strong, "I'm a first year at this school, but a third year overall. I studied a little bit of Arithmancy at my old school, but I took the class in French. Do you think that will create any problems? I brought my old textbook if you would like to see it?" He offered and smiled, trying not to betray his nervousness.