Apparition lessons (was Re: Draco's POV?)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 117597


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathleen Hunt
> <figgys26cats at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Andrea: 
> > > > One thing I've wondered is how students about to
> > > > come of age learn to apparate. <snip> 

> > Juli now: 
> > Maybe there are classes at the beginning of
> > their 6th or 7th year at Hogwarts, depending on when
> > they turn 17, ...


>> "figgys26cats" 
> > How can they have apparating lesson, when no one inside of 
> > Hogwarts can apperate or diapperate? 

> Jim:
> Madame Hooch: "Is everyone here? Very well, we'll be walking down to
> Hogsmeade so that we can practice Apparating and Disapparating, ..."
> 
> Jim Ferer

bboyminn:

Or how about just stepping outside the front gate to practice Apparating. 

Student are not legally allowed to /do/ any kind of magic outside of
school; Apparation is no different. Given that Apparation is
dangerous, I have to believe it will be an in-school, but off grounds
class taught by some one with expertise in the matter. It seems a
little too dangerous to leave to parents, as some have suggested, and
impossible for muggle parents to teach. So, again, I think it will
model all the other magic they are being taught, and therefore be
taught at school.

Real world driving and driver's licenses are most often used as a
model for Apparation training and certification, but I don't think we
can safely count on it model that exact method.

It is possible that students might take classes during the summer of
their 17th year from some sourse other than Hogwarts, and that would
closely model the process for a British Driver's license. 

Comparing the British model to the USA model for driver's license, in
Britian you must reach driving age before even applying for a learning
permit; Driving age=17, get your Permit at 17. However, in the USA,
you get you Learning Permit at the pre-driving age of 15, and get your
license at the full driving age of 16. British student most frequently
hire private driving instructor to teach them at great personal
expense, whereas in the USA, Driver's Training is integrated into the
secondary schools. 

Still I am betting on it being taught at Hogwarts mainly because I am
VERY keen to learn the details of how it's done and what it feels
like. One small weakness in this theory is that we have never heard
Hermione (know-it-all) or any of the older characers talk about the
process. It seems as if it were part of school, then we would have
heard about it at school. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)