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After having given the students ample time to offer their thoughts and opinions, Professor Shackleton shared her viewpoint about the founders' Family Name Numbers. Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterloo  Oooh. They had to do some reading out loud? Clifford cleared his throat ready, balancing his textbook ready in one hand. "Okie dokie then.. nine," he started slowly, eyes on the pages. "You inherit an artistic flair, a concern for others, an emotional nature, generosity.." this sounded all wrong to him.. "a sense of needing to serve, a phil - phil ... phil-an-thro-pic nature, and an attitude of looking for what is possible."
When he finished, he furrowd his brow. Eh?
"In my opinion, Professor.. this is all wrong. Honestly.. Salazar Slytherin? Concern for others? Generosity?" BWAHAHA! "I mean, I guess the last part is kinda right.. 'an attitude of looking for what is possible' .. just his ideas weren't very good." "Ah, you certainly bring up a good point that Slytherin didn't really fit into what we most commonly think of when we hear words like 'generosity' and 'philanthropic nature;' however, I think some of these words to describe him really do fit. For example, 'a concern for others' - most would say that sounds preposterous, but think about this from Salazar's perspective. He was very concerned about the all-magical families and fought passionately for them. Now, I'm not saying I agree with his viewpoints or that his views were right, but he certainly was concerned about them. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have argued so adamantly with the other founders. And an emotional nature? Sure, I'd believe that. Had he not been emotional, he probably could have come to a calm and rational solution with the other founders; however, he was so emotionally connected to his beliefs that he left the school. I'd say that sounds emotional to me.
"And above all others, I think the 'attitude of looking for what is possible' describes Salazar Slytherin perfectly. Slytherin saw possible what he considered an advanced magical community in which purity of blood secured strength of magic. He had a vision that Hogwarts could be used to educate the pure, and had the other founders not disagreed, it very well may have happened. But that's enough about Slytherin, let's move on to Helga Hufflepuff." Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Placing his index finger over the number, he began to read it aloud. "Eight: You inherit an attitude about money and power that will cause you to seek recognition in business and finance. Your family name brings you the qualities of leadership, organization, a high value placed on success, competency, and doing a job well, as well a possibly inflated ego."
Leadership? Yes. She founded a SCHOOL! Inflated ego? Possibly; for the love of all things GOLD she prided herself in accepting ALL students, regardless of background.
Closing the book and passing it over to one of the other three students to read from if they desired, Dom looked up at Shackleton (and the rest of the class) to speak. "Well yes, I do think that this explanation matches what I know of Helga. As one of the four founders who prided herself in hardwork, she is one to place her efforts into an Organization like Hogwarts, for two things. Fame and power. She is well known for founding one of the four houses here, but much more than that, she placed the value on the students that everyone should succeed. She wanted to accept all witches and wizards into Hogwarts; to place them under her care and ensure them to be competent out in the wizarding world. Which of course, would probably lead to a minor inflated head too, I'd think." "I think I very much agree with your assessment and have very little to add. Nice work, Mr. Denton." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana "Ok, let's see...," Anna said, glancing at the information in her textbook. She reread it quickly, already analyzing it in her head, before reading the information aloud. "Number five says...'You inherit a belief that you shouldn't be fenced in, for you are a free spirit. Restrictions, limitations, routine challenge you. Travel and change are east for you, and you are innately curious and a risk taker'. Anna thought once again about the information she'd just read and then glanced up at the professor.
"Well, some of the key words and phrases I picked up on are 'fenced in', 'free spirit', and...'challenges'. Those key words just really seemed, I guess, Gryffindor-ish to me. Gryffindors are known to be brave and courageous, and I think the fact that a number five represents those who don't like to be held back and desire to be free truly paints a picture of Godric Gryffindor. Oh, and challenges...that could be taken to be very Ravenclaw-ish, but if you look at the challenge as something that also calls for a great amount of bravery, then it goes along with Gryffindor, as well. Of course Godric Gryffindor represents all that we know Gryffindors to be, so I'd say all of that information applies to him," Anna said, feeling slightly out of breath. "Oh! Oh!" she said, rereading the last part. Curious...risk-takers...this number is definitely for one brave Gryffindor!" "Very good. Also, remember that Godric Gryffindor was a very accomplished dueler. One always assumes the risk of harm when entering a duel, so 'risk-taker' also applies to him in this way. He also fought against Muggle discrimination, which shows that he didn't support limitations or restrictions, even toward Muggles." Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Copernicus realized that Carden had already read the book definition, but he grabbed up his textbook and read it again anyway.
"Family Name Number Nine: You inherit an artistic flair, a concern for others, an emotional nature, generosity, a sense of needing to serve, a philanthropic nature, and an attitude of looking for what is possible," he paused and glanced up at the professor before proceeding. "Rowena Ravenclaw is well known for being clever and witty, and all about the seeking of knowledge, but I think we probably could draw some assumptions about her subconscious that match with her family name number. Being involved in the founding of a school, which isn't an active seeking of knowledge for herself, demonstrates a generosity of spirit and philanthropic nature. She didn't just want the knowledge for herself; she wanted everyone to have it. Plus her cleverness and seeking of knowledge could be considered seeking what is possible." "I agree with every point you've made. I'd like to also add a bit about 'artistic flair'. Remember that Rowena Ravenclaw is thought responsible for the ever-changing floor plan here at Hogwarts, which I would say shows she had an artistic flair in design. Also, according to legend, Rowena Ravenclaw died of a broken heart. Only someone with 'an emotional nature' could suffer so deeply. I think her Family Name Number fits her very well." Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Dominic listened as Professor Shackleton responded to the class, asking if anyone (including the volunteers) he assumed would like to add to the examples they just ratted off. Thinking back on the ones that had been read, he sighed thoughtfully, trying to remember which ones.
Raising his hand slightly - since he was still standing at the front and it'd look awkward to do a full hand raise - to indicate he wished to speak, the fifth year spoke. "Well while most of what Anna had mentioned about Gryffindor's number was true, I would also add that because of their willingness to be daring and brave, that would also make the mention of travel of change be easy for Godric. When Salazar, for instance, wanted to pull away from Hogwarts because he didn't agree and thus created the Chamber of Secrets on the second floor, Godric probably didn't mind. He used his intuition to make this change work for Hogwarts. To not allow it to affect what he wanted for his students and to just accept the challenge. To go with the flow." He bit his lip cautiously, unsure if this was different or not. Or if perhaps he'd gone too far in depth, if that were possible.
"That is a certainly possible. Thank you for adding to our discussion of Godric Gryffindor."
"I'm quite pleased with our discussion of the founders and I think now would be a good time to move on. But first, let me give some house points. Four to each volunteer, and an additional two to Mr. Denton for also contributing an opinion about Gryffindor."
Professor Shackleton perched herself upon her desk and asked the class, "Of the following topics, which would you most like for us to discuss next: what our nicknames tell about us? Things to consider when changing your name? How to go about choosing a name, particularly when naming a baby, your business, etcetera? Or some other name related subject you can think of?"
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