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

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 117625


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> 
> 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"

What about the Room of Requirements?  If someone needed to apparate 
inside of Hogwart's, could this room meet that requirement?  If so, 
that opens up so much speculation (e.g., Snape's travels at the end 
of Book 4, etc.).  

Any opinions?
Julie