Learning to Fly ...sort of.

[ginny343]

No: HPFGUIDX 129285

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> When-
> 
> So, I can only conclude that year 6 is the year of Apparation 
> lesson at Hogwarts for all qualified students.


This should be interesting to see how it pans out.  I just have a 
few thoughts on this.  First, if Hermione is going to be 17 around 
the time school starts, then theoretically she should be able to 
take the Apparation test then.  BUT, I don't remember hearing 
anything about her taking lessons at school last year AND I don't 
think her muggle parents are very qualified to teach her.  It also 
seems to me that this is something that should take time to learn.  
Students at Hogwarts take Transfiguration for years, surely 
something like Apparation takes more than a few months to learn?  It
does seem logical that this is something that would be taught at 
school.  

That said, I have one doubt (well, maybe more, but this is one I 
want to post).  In GOF - at the beginning - Percy, Charlie, and Bill
are all Apparated to the Quidditch World Cup.  Fred and George 
complained, "Why can't we Apparate too?"  And they are told it's 
because they are not of age and haven't passed their tests. They 
were not reminded they didn't know how, or that they would soon be 
learning.  (And this was the summer before their 6th year.) Could 
they have already learned how?  

By the way, I don't know when Percy's birthday is, but he also 
passed his test in the summer.  Maybe Apparation is a year-long 
class and you have to make an appointment and test during the summer?

Linda