Why Greta Thunberg's decision to wag school was a 'strike of genius'

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'Hearing her talk about why she does what she does and the passion behind it, was something pretty special.' 60Mins 9News

There are always two sides to every story, including the "extraordinary" reason why a teenage girl in Sweden wagged school every Friday to protest against climate change., from Stockholm, sparked a global movement in 2018, triggering mass school strikes to domino around the world - for one simple reason: climate change.

60 Minutes reporter Sarah Abo travelled to Stockholm to hear the reasoning behind Greta's activism in 2019, describing it as a "strike of genius"."Doing it on a Friday, as a young student, meant that she wasn't at school and she should be at school."Those strikes were a way of gaining that attention."Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives for the meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

"She is a pretty polarising and controversial figure, right - there are people who love her and there are people who think that she is too young to be espousing these kinds of beliefs," she said. "Hearing her talk about why she does what she does and the passion behind it, was something pretty special.Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg arrives for a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels.

 

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60Mins Please do read this article

Strike...of genius? Is that the present and woke tense of the saying?

60Mins Just another celebrity kid...

Turd

Yawn...

60Mins 🚨🚨 More and more people around the world are waking up... Release the unedited interview with PeterSchiff!

I have zero idea why we are giving air time to her

I suppose if you are going to brain wash people you choose ill educated young people who don’t have the capacity for analyzing & investigating issues rigorously because they missed out on their education & consequent skill development.

The people pulling her strings must be short of money.. Wheel her out again

Time to go back to school. Genius also needs education.

She’s evil and you guys are a bunch of 🤡🤡🤡 Are there any people who still believe in your 💩?

Spare us

'Skool kant teech me nuffin'- Saint Greta Thunberg

How much did she charge you for the story?

Wait until she has to get real job or is she on government handouts Sick of kids like her.

The RWNJs are upset today.

Money

60Mins Go away Ch woke 9.

A puppet and her parents have been borderline abusive towards her

60Mins She needs counseling ASAP

Poor girl.

9NewsSyd Is that all you have Nine, climate scam crap?

60Mins She’s doesn’t think for herself well, but she’s great off a cue card.

She's not a scientist. She doesn't attend school. Why listen to an uneducated child?

NO ONE WANTS THIS!

Taking advise from children. Great move

60Mins Nooooooo...... they found her again 😭

'strike of genius'?

How much money her family made?

i guess 'genius' means something different in australia than what it means in the u.s.

Bollocks

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