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

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 117614


Steve (bboyminn) wrote:
> 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.
(really big snip)

Ginger:
Perhaps there is an apparation range, so to speak.  Kind of like a 
driving range. 

Back home there is a road that is never used since the Interstate 
went in.  Everyone just went up there to teach their kids how to 
drive.  It was just common knowledge that if you saw another vehicle, 
you pulled over until it passed because the driver was a 12 or 13 
year old. (We get licenses at 14 here.)  We had drivers ed at school, 
but it was kind of a joke- a simulator.  Real practice was needed, 
with a permit usually.

So back to Hogwarts.  If there was a Ministry-approved peice of land 
right outside the gates set aside for that purpose, it would be out 
of school, but wouldn't fall under the prohibition of using magic 
outside of school.  Kind of like that nasty parking lot with the 
cones we had to drive through to get our license.  The method is 
taught, they practice over a short distance, and then the students 
use those skills to increase their distance on their own.

Ginger, recalling fond memories of teaching Baby Sister to drive.
"Clutch!  Shift!  Let out!  Not so ...oh, drat"