Concerning Apparating

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 186628

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "LunaRaven" <daughter_of_morgoth at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm a new member to this group, and I only joined it to address a
> subject cited in the HPfGU FAQ. ...

bboyminn:

An adult or 'grownup' is any one who is willing to come here and 
act like one. So far, so good.

> LunaRaven:
>
> From the FAQ I quote,
> 
> "Where do students learn to Apparate if they cannot Apparate or
> Disapparate on the Hogwarts grounds and underage students cannot
> practice magic during the holidays? 
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> Some members have suggested that the students may take field 
> trips to Hogsmeade for this purpose. Another member questioned
> whether the inability to Apparate or Disapparate on the Hogwarts
> grounds might be a myth 
>
> ...EDITED... 
>
> For me, the answer is simple. 
> I don't know why, but I've always been under the impression that
> Apparating is very much a wizard's form of driving. In order 
> to apparate, you need a license. ... So where would a
> wizarding youth go to learn how to apparate? Yes, that's
> right—an apparating class(ministry controlled no doubt). I 
> believe that when wizards and witches come off age, they are
> elligible to sign up for a ministry-monitored course about 
> apparation. .... This theory is confirmed in the HBP, when it
> is written that students of sixteen can take ministry-sponsored
> classes (like drivers classes), and students of seventeen who 
> have missed the first test can take practice tests at Hogsmeade.
> 
> 
> LunaRaven
>

bboyminn:

Indeed this was a hotly debated topic at one time. However, 
since the publication of Half-Blood Prince, the details are 
clear. Though certainly there could still be a few things 
unresolved.

In HBP we actually get to see classes in Apparation; classes
instructed by a official from the Ministry. 


We further see - (HBP SPOILER)


...that, as I have said many times, since Dumbledore controls
the enchantments on the castle, he also controls the exceptions.
Dumbledore make exception for the Great Hall, but only during
apparition practice and only within the bounds of the Great Hall.

Trying to Apparate out of the Great Hall, or to or from anywhere
else in the castle would be met with great resistance.


DH SPOILER -

Further, we even see Harry in Deathly Hallows, try to escape 
an anti-apparation jinx. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrive
at Hogsmead late in the book. Death Eaters swarm around, and
Harry and his friends try to apparate but can't. 

Now all anti-apparation spells might no be the same, some could
have very dark and dangerous consequences if your try to over
come them. 

So, while it was hotly debated at one time, the issue has now
been resolved in the books, but descriptions in the storyline.

Steve/bboyminn