Another Greta question

[Northwoods]

Why isn't she being treated as a truant?  Far as I'm aware homeschooling is all but impossible to do legally in most of Europe, including Sweden.  And in Sweden schooling is compulsory until 17.

And couldn't she, at least theoretically, be charged with something like conspiracy to violate truancy laws with her vocal support of others going on "school strike"?  I realize that might play into her marytr complex, so it might not be the best plan to pursue.

[Northwoods]

By the way, yes, I do know the answer is that she is promoting a position that is popular with TPTB in Sweden, and she has backing by some very powerful special interest groups.

But anyone else would be facing major fines, jail time, loss of custody, etc if their kid was doing the same thing, but without the climate activism.

[French G.]

You need a test case kid to test your theory. So clean-cut blonde boy named Lars pushing school strikes to give voice to a narrative of Sweden first, limited immigration and cultural assimilation to Swedish norms. Hmmmm now how would that go?

[230RN]

From Wiki...

Her father does not like her missing school, but said: "[We] respect that she wants to make a stand. She can either sit at home and be really unhappy, or protest, and be happy".[25] Thunberg says her teachers are divided in their views about her missing class to make her point. She says: "As people they think what I am doing is good, but as teachers they say I should stop."[25] In July 2019, Time magazine reported Thunberg was taking a "sabbatical year" from school, intending to travel in the Americas while meeting people from the climate movement.[27] [27]

[lee n. field]

Gee, I wish I could take a "sabbatical year".

[charby]

I wish more youths had her passion regardless of subject matter.

[Pb]

I wish more youths had her passion regardless of subject matter.

I wish more youths would study and behave in school.

[RoadKingLarry]

I wish more youths would study and behave in school.

I wish more schools actually strove to educate our yutes rather than indoctrinate them.

[Northwoods]

I wish more youths had her passion regardless of subject matter.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2899330926743698&id=116999698310182&sfnsn=mo

Three years ago, in June of 2016, I recorded a commencement speech for Prager University that was restricted on YouTube. In it, I suggested that passion - while an important element of happiness - should never be followed, in and of itself. For that reason, the video was deemed inappropriate for individuals under 18. After a week or so of strenuous complaining, You Tube relented, and deemed the video appropriate for viewers of all ages. Here's the video, now with nearly 7 million views. http://bit.ly/2RQ7iZJ

I'm posting it again, because today, new research out of Harvard indicates that every single thing I claimed to be true in my speech, three years ago, is now supported by scientific research. This doesn't mean I'm correct; it just means if I'm wrong, I'm not alone. It may also indicate a certain irresistible urge on my part, to say, "I told you so."

Mike

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/new-harvard-research-to-be-successful-chase-your-purpose-not-your-passion.html

[Northwoods]

From Wiki...

That answers nothing as to why she's not "truant" other than that she's on "sabbatical" which I don't think is a legal provision in Sweden.

[WLJ]

Why does she have to go to school? Sounds like she completed her indoctrination early.
Now if she came out wearing a MAGA hat you can bet your life they would be making sure she was back in school and possibly be pressing charges against the parents.

[charby]

I wish more youths would study and behave in school.

Being silent never causes change

[Ben]

Being silent never causes change

Putting mouth in gear without engaging brain causes the wrong kind of change. This isn't original passion - this is her being one of the lemmings, and worse, controlled by adult lemmings.

[Northwoods]

Putting mouth in gear without engaging brain causes the wrong kind of change. This isn't original passion - this is her being one of the lemmings, and worse, controlled by adult lemmings.

I'm (mostly) with Jeremy Clarkson on this.  If she's really so passionate about globular woerming she needs to shut up, go back to school and study hard in math and science, and then work towards actual solutions.

[cordex]

Being silent never causes change

I'm not opposed to change in general, nor do I support it as a rule.  Change is movement, not direction.  The idea of political change or stability as a universal positive is ridiculous.
For instance, change can be good good when it moves society away from tyranny, privation, and death.
Likewise, change can be outright evil when it moves society away from freedom, prosperity, and life.

Speaking as someone who remembers being 16, youthful passion is most often borne of ignorance and failure to comprehend the other side of the argument.  It does no one favors to put ignorance on a pedestal.

[Viking]

Why isn't she being treated as a truant?  Far as I'm aware homeschooling is all but impossible to do legally in most of Europe, including Sweden.  And in Sweden schooling is compulsory until 17.

And couldn't she, at least theoretically, be charged with something like conspiracy to violate truancy laws with her vocal support of others going on "school strike"?  I realize that might play into her marytr complex, so it might not be the best plan to pursue.

Only until age of 15/have gotten through 9th grade.

[Northwoods]

Only until age of 15/have gotten through 9th grade.

Google lied then, apparently.  I read 7-16 (inclusive) was required to attend school.

[Viking]

Google lied then, apparently.  I read 7-16 (inclusive) was required to attend school.

They begin at age 6 now, and it is mandatory until 9th grade, which is (usually) 16, I misremembered. She was born in 2003, which should put her as having graduated 9th grade in June this year. As for her truancy from the fall of 2018, she probably had some "arrangement". Her parents are kinda famous so normal rules obviously don't apply to her.

[HankB]

Maybe the truancy laws couldn't be applied while she was out of the country? Perhaps "beyond the jurisdiction" of the authorities?

[Viking]

Maybe the truancy laws couldn't be applied while she was out of the country? Perhaps "beyond the jurisdiction" of the authorities?

When she sailed off to New York she was no longer required to be in school, if I am thinking correctly.

[Pb]

I wish more schools actually strove to educate our yutes rather than indoctrinate them.

OK, that too!   

[WLJ]

She didn't go to school for a year and didn't eat for three months after being depressed for years according to her dad. Many of the followup tweets pretty say what I'm thinking.

   "She stopped going to school. She was basically home for a year. She didn't eat for three months."@GretaThunberg's dad opens up about his daughter's struggles with depression.

    https://t.co/pdZBwWzxwA

    — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 30, 2019

   The father of Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg said his daughter “fell ill” years before she participated in the school strike that launched her to international fame.

    Speaking with BBC’s Today program, Svante Thunberg talked about the years of isolation and depression that young Greta Thunberg endured.

    “She stopped talking. She stopped eating,” Svante Thunberg, 50, told Today. “She stopped going to school. She was basically home for a year. She didn’t eat for three months.”

    Greta Thunberg, 16, has spent 2019 traveling on a worldwide tour promoting her views on the dangers of climate change. She has barbed with President Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in recent months.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/12/30/greta-thunbergs-father-tells-bbc-she-stopped-talking-didnt-eat-for-three-months-missed-a-year-of-school/

[Hawkmoon]

She didn't go to school for a year and didn't eat for three months after being depressed for years according to her dad. Many of the followup tweets pretty say what I'm thinking.


https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/12/30/greta-thunbergs-father-tells-bbc-she-stopped-talking-didnt-eat-for-three-months-missed-a-year-of-school/

In other words -- she's a certified whack job. Of COURSE the enviro-idiots are idolizing her. It takes one to know one.

[MillCreek]

Given the scenario described by the father, I hope the parents had their child evaluated by a child psychologist or psychiatrist.  Kids can die from untreated depression.

[WLJ]

Given the scenario described by the father, I hope the parents had their child evaluated by a child psychologist or psychiatrist. 

I have a suspicion the parents are the source cause of her depression