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Posted by: versingetorix 17/09/2009 at 16:46
'Am I alone in thinking that giving Gaelic Education a national priority status is totally misguided?
The unpalatable truth is that Gaelic is a dying language. There is no practical purpose in trying to 'save' the language, other than perhaps for tourism. I feel it is sentimentality, nostalgia and notions of patriotism which fuel attempts to revive the language.
I'm not saying Gaelic should be eradicated or anything. I just think that with most urban schools unable to maintain a grass sports pitch, fears for literacy (in our first language) and numeracy, a recession which is slashing school budgets and let's face it, a whole host of more practical and relevant needs for learners in Scotland, there must be better things for taxpayers to be spending their money on.'
Posted by: Old_Pa_Grumpinuts2 17/09/2009 at 18:01
Amen to that....I could never figure out why the BBC Scotland spends so much on a language that only 40 odd thousand can speak. The Scottish people has voted with their feet (and tongues) over the past 100 years and I'm afraid it has become an anachronism.
Also if kids are learning Gaelic at schools, what else has to make way in what is already an overcrowded curriculum?
PS - Tenuous claim to fame...I used to work in the same office as the guy who did the voice of Padhraig Post (Postman Pat).
Agus deasbad a' dol an seo:
http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/t/347795.aspx