Read the text. Life in an island community Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is very different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring. But the island people tell a different story. Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports. Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together. They tell stories of where they live and what they do. The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic. Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island. City people and island people have the same opinion about island life. People on the island mainly do one job. Tourists can stay with local families in summer. Children speak two languages at school. There are no secondary schools on the islands. ​