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Kat never knew dreams had divination as well. That was awesome. Imaging trying to sneak into your sister's crazy never-gonna-happen-in-real-life dreams? Sweeeeet revenge. "Dream Divination..." Kat said. "It's much specific name is Oneiromancy. And, well... it's a system of interpretting dreams and using these dreams to predict the future." Now, what does the future have for Dianna? Children. |
So many quotes! SPOILER!!: Replies Professor Elwood done her best to reflect and work on each of the student's who spoke up's answer and when she was done with it she stood and walked towards Elijah's and Nigel's desks and pointed her wand at them, sending a stream of cold water to spray them both awake. "Now Mr. Wilde and Mr. Barrington, just because we are talking about things that happen when you are asleep does not mean that I want you to go to sleep during my lesson or to be rude and ignore your classmates as they speak. Disrupt my class again and you will have a points loss and perhaps detention." Yes she knew she made the disruption but she was the boss-lady. "Alright, great answers everyone. It's clear that the majority of you all understand the basics of Oneiromancy which means you all either pay attention when your past professors rambled on about other forms of the subject or you have read ahead in your textbooks which, either way makes me proud of you all, good job." She crossed one leg over the other as she sat in her chair and thought for a moment where she was going to go next. Oh, some things the students mentioned themselves. "Mr. Vanderbilt mentioned the idea of the subconscience in his answer which is where I want to start. Scientifically we know that dreams happen when the mind enters the REM cycle. Does anyone know what that is, what REM stands for, and can explain breifly what we know about it?" She wondered if she expected them to get that technical but they nest learn upfront that the subject was not all smoke and mirrors. |
So behind.. fail.. SPOILER!!: Question 1 Minerva listened as the professor began class, but she wasn't completely sure she knew where the professor was. It had gotten dark and Minerva felt her heart rate pick up. She always got nervous in the dark. Not that she was horribly afraid, because she wasn't a little kid anymore, but she just felt a bit of nerves when the dark approached. Thinking of the answer to the question Minerva put her hand up. "Well professor Dream Divination is when we look at our dreams to help us tell the future. Some of our dreams could be messages of things to come, whether it be good, bad, or maybe even about someone close to us." she was hoping she was at least close if nothing else. SPOILER!!: question 2 Minerva listened to all the answers and then couldn't help a quiet giggle when the professor woke up the sleeping students. She couldn't believe some of the behaviors this year. What was going on with all these students, but she did not want to think about that.. no it just made her crazy thinking how behind her house was now from all the weird things going on with students. Back to thinking about dreams, sleep, and divinations, yes that was what they were talking about. Putting up her hand Minerva wasn't completely sure if she knew exactly what REM meant but it wasn't going to hurt to try at least, 'Professor Rem is a sleeping cycle where your eyes move back and forth. If it is the time you find your dreams, then it must be the time where you are sleeping in the deepest sleep and maybe not able to be woken up as easy." Yes, that sounded at least part right. Hopefully it didn't sound to weird or wrong. |
Rem Eliza was pleased when the professor liked her answer and found herself smiling. She’d always been very interested in her own dreams. Sometimes she even sketched out certain scenes from them if they were particularly dynamic. It would be fun and possibly, mayyybe beneficial to learn some ways to interpret them. She still wasn't quite sold on the idea of one set of symbolic standards for every person, but she'd try to have an open mind. Yes, the subconscious, she pondered, it really all has to start there doesn’t it? Listening to the rest of the professors explanation, she shot her hand up in the air to answer the next question. “REM stands for rapid eye movement, Professor.” She had looked this up before so she was pretty sure she was right. “It’s when your mind is at its deepest level of sleep and relaxation, I think. That’s when you start to dream.” She sat up straight in her seat, quill in hand to take more notes - eager to hear more on this subject. |
Mice? Professor Looneywood was afraid of....mice? Kurumi glanced over at Daichi again for a moment before looking back at the professor as she responded to her But class had moved on to something more scientific and Kurumi was more willing to put in effort here, which is why she raised her hand again. "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep which, as the name implies, is a stage of our sleep where our eyes are moving around a lot. More dreaming occurs at this stage along with bodily movements. You also have a faster pulse and your breathing increases as well." She paused for a moment, glancing around the room and wondering if there were any mice around. "Most complex dreaming occurs during REM sleep, but people who have been blind from birth do not experience REM sleep...or so I have read." |
Well, okay. It was so hard not to give the obvious sarcastic answer involving the band name, but really, she didn't want to be sprayed by another professor. Even though it might cool her off a bit. Why did it have to be so hot in here? "REM stands for rapid eye movement sleep. It's when most of the dreams that we remember happen." Emmanuelle said, biting her tongue to keep from going on. She did start humming a tune that sounded suspiciously similar to a song by a certain band though..... |
Ella didn't know too much about REM besides what it stands for, though her classmates had already shared that information. Instead of repeating their answers, the third year did her best to scribble down any new information. It was tough given the lighting in the room but she managed. The third year couldn't help but wonder what they would be doing in relation to dreams. She hoped they wouldn't have to share them with their classmates, as Ella found herself dreaming about her mom a lot. That was not a subject she cared to discuss. |
Sierra smirked at the spray of water going right toward the two boys. Serves them right, although...she really didn't blame them. It felt like a sauna in here, and surely being asleep and not knowing what was going on was far better than enduring the heat. Still, though, she silently thanked the boys for he in-class amusement. Divination needed it. On to the questions... "It stands for Rapid Eye Movement," Sierra said, raising her hand. "...and it happens when our subconscious mind takes over, and it sort of replays thoughts and ideas we have." |
My health class just talked about REM :) Nerida always had her thinking cap on...Literally she didn't know how to turn it off...When someone was sarcastic she it took her a couple seconds to know that they were being sarcastic. She giggled as she saw Elijah and Nigel be sprayed with water...Its what they deserved for sleeping in class! Raising her hand Nerida answered "REM stands for Rapid eye movement. REM is the normal stage of sleep which is characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes. Um, I believe that is classified into two categories tonic and phasic. More dreaming happens when we are in the stage of REM. |
Dreams, eh? Well she guessed it was one of the more interesting forms of divination, especially since everyone dreamed, not just seers. For the first few minutes Silvia sat quietly, just listening as she usually did. But then the next question came up. REM. Ooooh, Silvia knew about that. A lot about it, it seemed as the quiet Ravenclaw raised her hand and began to speak... "REM stands for rapid eye movement. It occurs when we sleep and, as the name implies, it involves the rapid movement of the eyes. It doesn't happen during the entire time we are asleep, but occurs on and off throughout sleep, and it tends to occur more often the longer we are asleep. During this time is when we dream the most, and those dreams tend to be more vivid. The outer body also experiences a sort of paralysis during REM, even though the heart rate is increased, and it can be difficult to wake someone up during it." PHEW! Okay, that was probably way more than enough, though Silvia was tempted to make a few more points about sleep stages; but she had talked enough for the moment. Rarely did she give such detailed answers in any class. Clearly she had been reading too much psychology of late; her current reading obsession it seemed. |
Jory was amused when he saw what Professor Elwood did to the two boy. Sleeping in class.. He remembered reading about REM recently. Just before the holidays were over, in fact. He raised his hand. "REM means rapid eye movement. That means our eyes move faster than usual. And more dreams also happen at that time.'' Other than that, he couldn't remember anything more. |
Abby smirked as she watched the Professor spray water on those two boys. Seriously, who could blame them? If it wasn't so horribly warm, she would have gone to sleep too. The Hufflepuff raised her hand. "Um. Professor, I don't think I'm going to answer the question since everyone here has already done that for me." And she assumed they were all right since she pretty much had no idea what they were talking about.. or she simply didn't care to understand what they were talking about. UGH. Could we have an AC in here, please? |
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Jasmine furrowed her brow as she listened intently to everything that the Professor was saying. She found that she could follow what was being said to her and see the point trying to be made, however, she still had an uneasiness about the whole practice. After the Professor finished speaking, Jasmine nodded and smiled politely before bending over her parchment and noting what she had learned. As the last student was replied to the next question was raised and after hearing it, Jasmine felt a bit more comfortable. A question about something that will be answered with a single straight forward fact. Siting up straighter and clearing her throat slightly, she raised her hand and answered," REM or Rapid Eye Movement, is a state of sleep where one's dreams are said to first occur. Normally this can last 90 to 120 min on average per night and seems to be most active in the morning hours. An adult tends to spend 20-25% of their night in REM sleep while a newborn baby can spend as much as 80%. There seem to be many theories of different REM sleep cycles based on memory,simulation, and the like." Jasmine paused to take a breath and in that time relaized she was most likely rambling on the subject and felt the need to add, "Sorry Professor, my Aunt Aurora has an extensive medical library and I read through quite a few of her texts over the summer and I just happened to remember some facts about REM." Blushing slightly she looked down at her notes and fiddled with her quill. She had not meant to spout out all those facts but she felt comfortable with answering this question. Facts she could do. She just hoped that taking this class would not hurt her marks much. She was aware that at this subject she was a little out of her element, especially with not even knowing what Divination was really about. She was willing to give it a chance though, even with her doubts on the actual merit of the practice. So with a look of determination, Jasmine decides to learn as much as she can about it and hold off from discounting anything. Besides, her Aunt always said that ignorance is no one's best friend. |
REM? What was REM? Jen thought about it She raised her hand "Has something to do with dreams right professor?" |
Deja vu was a good answer?! Wow, touchdown. But Oneiromancy? What the heck was that? Apparently the students knew a lot about it, but this certain Slytherin did not! .... He'd ask..... later on, maybe. The twelve-year-old wrote down 'Rapid Eye Movement' into his notebook, but it meant nothing to him. And he couldn't be bothered to listen to students, so he waited for the professor's legit explanation. Theo hated not knowing stuff. But when it was Divination stuff, it was always gonna be the case. Turns out it wasn't as easy as ooooohing and ahhhhing in front of a crystal ball. It was no use...... "I don't get it." He muttered, more to himself really. |
It was Surya's turn now. He now understood how useful it was for him to study the muggles course materials. "Professor" he said raising up his hand and standing up. "There are two basic states of sleep. rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During sleep, the body cycles between non-REM and REM sleep. Typically, people begin the sleep cycle with a period of non-REM sleep followed by a very short period of REM sleep. Dreams generally occur in the REM stage of sleep." He has finished his answer and this time was sure that his answer was correct. Since there class today is on dreams then they will be today learning about (REM) that is Rapid eye movement sleep. |
Well. As Tiffany started to joint down some of the notes that the professor has sorted out, she raised her hand to answer the second question that she has just mentioned. "REM actually stands for Rapid Eye Movement which some of us would have experienced while they are sleeping,"she answered as she flicked through her book. "And usually people could recall their dreams better when they are experiencing REM." It was not a good thing though, at least to herself since it means that you did not have enough sleep that previous night. It's not a good sign when you can recall all the dreams you have made. |
Riiiiiight, yeah. Uhuh. At first Kat didn't get what Professor was talking about. She was about to enter the state of panicking since she doesn't remember. Remember what she read from this Muggle book about dreams and sleep. REM is actually an acronym. "REM is the acronym for Rapid Eye Movement. It also means paradoxical sleep." |
SPOILER!!: Elwood Oh, yes the subconscious. Knows quite a bit about that. Suffice it to say Vickers’ own has been getting the best of him lately, and truthfully it’s a good thing. He raises his hand and replied "REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, it earned its name because your eyes physically move about behind your eyelids as if you’re ‘seeing’ something, very similar to when you’re awake. It is said that its during this time that the brain consolidates memories, which is likely the reason why some of your dreams are influenced by people and events that happened to you during waking hours." And having said that prompted him to ask this "Professor, what Theo said about déjà vu—how does that happen? Specially when you find yourself in a déjà vu moment and you’ve never been to that place or met certain people before?” Cant chalk it to past experiences because everything was totally new. |
Rem cycle. She had heard of that before, but what was it? She heard her other classmates talking about rapid eye movement, but what did that really have to do with dreaming? unless you were dreaming of something awesome and your eyes are going really fast to keep up. Hmmm...that would be a good point. Hannah shot her hand in the air. "Professor that it when you are in that good sleep." She knew what that meant right? "That's when your sleep is at it deepest and you are not likely to get disturbed easily." There maybe that explained it a bit more. |
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She raised her hand and said, "Professor, I'd really like to know more about deja vu too!" She gave a small smile to the boys who'd asked about it, hoping they wouldn't be annoyed with her. She just thought they might get to learn more if multiple students seemed interested. |
I learned this last year XD SPOILER!!: Professor! Belle was glad the professor admired that she shown up for the class. Being a prefect and all does get you noticed. When the professor asked the question, Annabelle remembered about talking REM sleep with her father. He was interested in this stuff. "Professor i think REM sleep stands for Rapid Eye Movement and what i know about it is it has three stages in which you fall asleep. I think it is between the second and third stage is where you get the deep sleep." She wasn't quite sure what stage it was but she gave it a shot. |
Oooh, they were talking about subconscious too. That should turn out interesting. Louisa couldn't help but grin when professor Elwood sprinkled water in Elijah and Nigel's faces, she made sure to put her hand over her mouth though in case the woman took offense of Louisa's big grin. Back to the class, though! The Ravenclaw shot her hand up in the air and tried not to sound repetitive, "REM is the second main phase of our sleeping, professor. Like what everyone else said it stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs after 90 minutes of going to sleep." She leaned her chin on her hand and added, "The length of this REM stage declines as we grow older. So it's highest when we're infants, almost." |
Mice? The Professor thought that he was afraid of invisible mice? Daichi momentarily forget where he was as he stared with an confused look at the Professor. So if he said that there were mice then he could leave the class? It was that simple?! A part of him wanted to confirm that there little creatures running around but then he would miss a class and he didn't want that either. "N-no Professor, i'm s-sorry i just got ...startled?" he tried. Startled was a very mild word. He'd actually cowered away as the fire from earlier that went over the ceiling and to the wall had reminded him of the staircase at his old house eight years ago. His cheeks flushed red as the Professor escorted him to his original seat and he sat down. The blast of fire was out and the candles as well so hopefully he could concentrate on the lesson. REM? He had seen that word before, hadn't he seen it at the library when he was studying together with Gwen? "REM stands for ...Real Eye movie?" he was right, right?! And that was the only thing he knew. |
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