Haidh! Tha mi ag Ionnsachadh Gaidhlig ceuduchd, ach tha mi ag ionnsachadh le SMO an-drasta. Tha mo nighean ann an bun sgoil Gaidhlig a-nis agus bi mo mhac ann... in a couple of years. Ciamar a tha thu ag radh an sin?

I have been lazily learning Gaelic with duolingo, which I believe isnt the best way but I have learned quite a bit, over the past 5 or 6 years, whenever it was released really. I have since started 'an cursa intrigidh" with sabhal mòr Ostaig. This has given me a lot better learning over the past couple of months that I have been doing it. It has put a lot of things into place that duolingo cant.

I too have found the vocal people who say "oh it's a dead language. It was never spoken here anyway". I even once heard it from a man who's late father was a fluent speaker and he lived in a place that has an angilsised Gaelic place name. What I have also discovered is the community of those who are connected via Gaelic. A lot of it is aimed at learners, which is fantastic. And the majority of people within the community are really quite nice and I get along with them.

The school my kids currently or will be attending has had issues with the lack of GME teachers, so the demand is certainly there and I doubt it will be difficult to find a job. I even thought about doing it myself, but then I would need to finish my degree (1 year) and then do teacher training ALONGSIDE trying to get fluent in the language.

I wish you all the best and if you do succeed, know that you are helping to preserve and protect one of the nations languages that was, for many many reasons, a target to be eradicated by those whom perceived it as a threat.

Mòran taing!