Reddit reviews Independence or Union: Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present

>You seem to be blaming the UK and England for this.

I blame the union, the establishment, and above all other Scots who decided that our language was inferior and that it embarrassed us. This result in us enforcing the use of English on others, in order to rid ourselves our Scottishness and become more British.

>But Scotland has always had control of it's own education system, right from the beginning.

The problem goes a lot further than schools. If you really do want to learn more than you appear to know on this complex topic, a good place to start might be Scots: The Mither Tongue by Billy Kay, and Tom Devine's Independence or Union: Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present.

>There has been nothing at all stopping Scotland from teaching Scots in school the way Welsh is taught in Welsh schools (and the teaching of Welsh in schools has predated devolution).

The Welsh language also suffered as a result of union, though again, much of this was enforced by the Welsh themselves. Here's an example: https://youtu.be/AizYg0Bewkk?t=499

>You need to accept that the decision to stamp out Scots has been taken by Scottish people, which means that will likely continue after independence.

It definitely has, as a result of unionism and cultural cringe. But as a Scots speaker in his late thirties, let me assure you that there has never been so much awareness, and dare I say even pride, in the Scots language in my lifetime, and speaking to my parents, it seems the same holds true for them. This has been a direct result of both devolution and the renewed energy brought on by the first independence referendum, with sparked all manner of discussion and reflection on our politics and culture.