I'm not trolling, I'm discussing. I realise that nationalism is something of a religion in Wales, but you should accept that it can be questioned elsewhere.
Perhaps some are actively choosing, but lots of others just have to make do with whatever the local school happens to be.
You're suggesting that teaching a subject in a second language is at least as effective as if taught in their first language. You have not provided any evidence of this, and are just demanding that those that question it provide evidence of a lack of evidence in its favour, which is just nonsense.
If someone tried to explain the theory of relativity to me in English, my main language, I'd have a lot more chance of understanding than if it was explained in French, which I have a basic understanding of. This is just utterly obvious to anyone.
It's really sad to see Wales going back in time to some bygone era, where nobody leaves their village. The reality is that before international trade and modern languages, most people were desparately poor.
Can anyone explain the logical advantage of spending a huge amount of time teaching kids a dead language that nobody outside of Wales speaks? In addition, spending time teaching it and teaching IN it is likely to be holding kids back in all other subjects.
Where's all the evidence that Welsh-medium teaching has no ill effects? It appears that the best possible outcome is that there are no ill effects, which seems unlikely. But I don't think anyone's claiming that teaching in Welsh is BETTER than teaching in English, in which case why bother? I suspect that I know the answer, it's a political agenda.
