These rules must be followed, or your attempt to learn a spell will be denied and you must start over in order to learn the spell (not edit, not copy your story and change just the wrong bits of it, start over).
~Stories must be about you learning the spell. No off topic conversation with other characters.
~Your story must include examples of you practicing the spell. Nobody will get it right on the first try.
~Stories must be a minimum of 500 words.
~You may learn one spell learned per week. If your attempt to learn a spell is denied, you may try again until you become successful, however once you are successful, you may not post another story until the following week.
~Students may go back and learn spells beneath their grade level, however they may not jump forward to learn spells. (IE a second year may learn first year spells but a first year may not learn second year spells)
~Some spells have Prerequisites, meaning that you have to learn another spell before you can learn that one.
In regards to questions already asked: Use your best judgment with the "no going off topic" rule.
Note: Since you are now an adult, you do not need to have one present in order to learn a spell, however you do need to have some sort of resource with you (such as a book) because nobody can just learn a spell on their own with no help whatsoever.