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		Widdershin on Nov 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Snowdon to be known by it's Welsh name Yr Wyddfa How is it prioritised over these subjects? Surely a student can take math, science and Welsh and still have time for a few more subjects.

voakbasda on Nov 19, 2022 [–]

Opportunity cost. By having to study it at all, those students lose the opportunity to study something else that might have more value or merit to them personally. In that way, it definitely is a forced priority.

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