Apparating with Friends

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 91144

 "dorapye" <helenhorsley at h...> wrote:
Further note, in GoF when the twins are discussing Apparition with 
Mr Weasley, it transpires that Percy only passed his test two weeks 
before; so, Percy waited unitl after he had left Hogwarts, at 18, 
before he took his test.  
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The twins, who were 17 in the April during GoF, were clearly in a 
hurry to get their licences as they had taken and passed their tests 
during the summer holidays before the 7th year.
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First, we don't know that Percy was 18.  He might have a summer 
birthday like Harry who, if and when comepletes his 7th year, will 
only be 17.  (It would only be mid-July, judging from the twins b-
days)

As for the twins, the fact they got their license relatively quickly 
and also that in GoF whenthey are going to the QWC, they ask why they 
can't apparate there, makes it seem to me like Apparition is much 
easier than perhaps we might believe.  IT was never a question in GoF 
of whether the twins *could* apparate but whether they would be 
allowed.  

Either way, we see both the twins (After their 6th year) and Percy 
(after his 7th) getting their licenses just weeks out of school so 
this at least tells us that Apparition takes very little in the ways 
of training and learning or that it is covered sometime at Hogwarts.  

Arya (wondering how exactly they would ever regulate the licensing of 
Appartion)