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11-24-2007, 03:41 PM
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Professor Blaylock flicked her wand to open the trapdoor leading into her class and lower the silver stepladder. She sat in the middle of the circular room on an ottoman, with several very old books surrounding her. The classroom is scattered with small circle tables with three to four beanbags surrounding each.
She looked over at the clock on the other side of the room and noted that it was still a bit early.
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11-24-2007, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TheGirlWhoLived_818  Emily,Rosalina's cousin from Durmstrang,skipped into the classroom looking like this: "'ello Professor"she said happily,sitting beside Heather. Professor Blaylock looked up at the last person to enter her classroom with a little frown. "You're not in uniform, that's 5 points from Ravenclaw and I would appreciate it if you would come to class in the compulsory Hogwarts uniform next time."
She stood up from her ottoman, glanced at the clock and waved her wand to shut the trapdoor. Any students to enter from this point on would lose their house 5 points.
"Good morning, students, and welcome to the first Divination lesson of the term." She looked around at all of them, "If there are no questions you would like to ask of me, I will begin immediately."
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11-24-2007, 04:36 PM
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Marco sat down next to Jasmine. "Hi Jasmine." He smiled at her, "Not spynig on me anymore?" he laughed.
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She giggled at the professor's response. She felt a little sorry for the Hufflepuff - he struck her as somewhat .. stiff. Beanbags were the total opposite of stiff.
Aschere tried to figure out what today's class was about by looking around the room. All she could make out was what seemed to be the usual clutter, nothing out of the Divination-room-ey ordinary.
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Clifford happily bounced on his beanbag. It was worth coming to this lesson just for the bouncing! That Hufflepuff who was complaining about them was weird, this was great!
He snickered when Ravenclaw lost points and the bouncing slowed slightly when he heard the Professor begin talking.
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Originally Posted by argentinaz_angel Hair loose down her back with only a headband to hold back her bangs, Lindsey hurried to class with her books in her arms and bag on her shoulder. Fortunately, she had made it on time, and she smiled brightly at the Professor as she realized this. "Hello Professor Baylock," she smiled before she scanned the classroom and found an empty bean bag beside Kingston. Beanbag? Nice! Much better than the hard chairs she'd been sitting in all day.
"Hi Kingston," she smiled. "May I accompany you during this class?" Looking up at the red head, he gently smiled. "Why not? You're free to sit wherever you like, Miss." Kingston told her, a twinkle can be seen in his eyes.
As the Professor announced the class would be starting, Kingston turned his attention to her. Divination wasn't a good subject for him, but at least it was a bit entertaining.
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11-24-2007, 04:49 PM
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Gwen fidgeted in her beanbag. If there was anything she hated, it was clutter. She was looking forward to the class, however; she'd always been curious about Divination. Even better, maybe she'd learn something useful before her parents came to drop whatever bomb they were going to drop. Gwen absentmindedly began twirling a long black curl around her finger.
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Clearing her throat, Professor Blaylock willed the attention of the entire class towards her so she could begin. "Alright, since none of you have any inquiries...I'm going to go right into it."
She eyes the bouncing boy for a moment. Strange kids.
"Divination, as I'm sure you all know, is the the art of ascertaining information by interpreting omens or through messages received from an alleged supernatural agency."
"That is the definition, but can anybody here give me their personal interpretation of the subject?" | |
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Amelia looked up at the Professor, as she waited for her to begin class. When she first started at Hogwarts, she didn't think she would like Divinations, but Blaylock proved to make the class very interesting. She certainly knew how to entertain the students best; or perhaps the students knew how to entertain her. Either way, it would be a good class.
She sat comfortably in her beanbag chair, as straight up as possible, and glanced over at the other two members of her table: Lindsey and the high-class Hufflepuff boy whose name she did not know.
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Excelsior thought and thought. "I think Divination is using certain mediums, like tea leaves, the stars or tarot cards, to interpret events that are going to unfold and be important in your life. It's a method of prediction. I hope that makes sense," he laughed. | |
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11-24-2007, 04:55 PM
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Gwen raised her hand. "It's a way of interpreting unknown elements of our worlds." What?....Oh that was stupid. | |
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Lindsey smiled as he smiled up at her and encouraged her to take a seat. She dropped her bag beside her and looked over at the teacher. She raised her hand at the first question. "Diviniation is knowing how to understand signs to take an accurate guess at fate and the future."
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11-24-2007, 04:56 PM
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Bess raised her hand. ' I think Divination is a branch of magical science tha requiers one to broaden their perspective. Sinc we have to iterpret certain things, it is neccessary to have a wide point of view and be very free in our thinking.'
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Tabitha shot her hand into the air. "Professor, could it also be the practice of determining the hidden significance or cause of events, sometimes foretelling the future? Commonly used practices of divination could include horoscopes, astrology, crystal gazing and tarot cards." | |
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“Complete codswallop” Emily thought with a smirk but she didn’t think the professor would appreciate that answer. She cleared her throat and raised her hand, “Divination is the ability to predict events in the future.”
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Amelia thought about the question that Blaylock posed, before raising her hand hardly a moment later, "Divinations is a type of magic that attempts to foresee future events. Some wizards and witches consider this magic to be impractical, because there are no facts to prove these visions. There are several types of Divination; the one that uses fortune-telling is not as precise compared with one that centaurs use. There is also the true form, which is called Seeing, but is only done by Seers or those who possess the Inner Eye." Once realizing she had rambled enough, she bit her lower lip nervously, and hoped that she was on the right track.
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11-24-2007, 05:02 PM
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"Yes, yes, you are all correct, of course." She smiled and raised one hand, palm towards the students to indicate the need for silence, "There is no right or wrong in this subject...Divination deals with our past, present and future and therefore is incredibly subjective."
She went on to explain with the characteristic hand gestures, "Who is to say that what you interpret is set in stone? There are any number of possibilities, and the choices you make can affect any one of them."
Thinking of Armand, she went on, "For example, what if you let a reading affect your choices? Or if you had not known of the meaning behind a certain omen, you would have reacted in a different way? Divination is an incredibly uncertain art, which is why it is held in such low regard by so many people."
Sighing, she went on, "However, I will try my best to teach you to be open minded, to see beyond the obvious and allow yourself to...consider the possibilities." She waved her hand a bit, "Who can tell me how Divination differs from fortune-telling?"
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"Divination is a way of living your life, by knowing what happens before it happens," Cassandra said, "it is also a method of forseeing the future for people who have that ability." She looked at Jasmine.
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"Divination has a formal or ritual and often social character. Fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes."
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"Fortune telling is more like a party game, I think, something people associate with carnivals and that sort of thing. Divination is more precise, more of a science than a game," Excelsior volunteered. | |
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"Whereas fortune telling is what people who don't have the gift, try to attempt to do to retain the same goal." Cassandra added.
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Celestina fidgeted in her beanbag as she gawked at her fellow students. They were uttering words she didn't know it was possible for a teenager their age to know. Shaking her head softly in disbelief she gawked then at Blaylock and raised her brows.
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Claudian raised his large hand up. "Fortune-telling is for doomsday prophets. Told for entertainment purposes, whereas Divination is an art which requires study, skill, talent and knowledge. It can't be improvised or faked as can Fortune telling." He sighed. He looked exhausted. He was.
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Zoraida came into the class it looked a bit full but looking at the clock she noticed she was about a minute or so early. Which was good. Taking a seat in a comfy bean bag next to Tori she looked around at her surroundings. Lots of old books and tables with beanbags around.
Zora looked over at Tori and said "Hi"
Then looked up as the Professor started class.
Zora said " My interpretation of divination is predicting the future based on the past and signs shown in the present"
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Bess raised her hand and answeres. 'Fortune telling is an imprecise branch of Divination. Divination attempts to seek things about one and fortune telling is know to be an imprecise way of doing it. Divination has more depth in it'
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Amelia raised her hand and smiled, "True divinations you cannot control what you See, but it just happens. One who possesses this so-called Inner Eye, may not remember what they saw, because they are in a different state of mind. Whereas with fortunetelling, you have more control and it is you doing the telling. Fortunetelling is more informal."
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