Talk:Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

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Surely this is written like a piece of spin-doctor style piece? No mention is made of the dead baby found at the school in Feb 2011.

Further Criticism

Shouldn't we mention the discussion about the naming of the school? She named it after herself, I mean if that's not cocky I don't know what is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.72.227 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 27 February 2007

I really don't understand people who consider spending 40 million dollars to educate the next generation of talented girls in a poor country "selfish". You do realize that this is a 28-building academy for girls grades 7-12, that people who get in get to live there with all tuition paid until they graduate, and that Oprah is going to subsidize their university educational expenses, too, right? In poverty-striken South Africa, she's literally giving these girls a future. No joke. The lives of the girls who get admitted to the academy are changed forever for the better.

Please, no more criticism. Philantrophy of this caliber by a single person is pretty unprecedented, and should only receive our utmost admiration and respect. – Lantoka (talk) 22:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the project itself is a noble idea, but giving the school your full name when your not even dead isn't exactly humble. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.115.46 (talk • contribs) 12:16, February 28, 2007

Why should she be particularly humble? She is quite accomplished, and false humility can be more galling than arrogance. She established and funded the school; why shouldn't it bear her name?

In any case, it's appropriate to talk about her naming the school after herself if and only if this has been a major point of discussion in media coverage of the school. Has it been? --Saforrest 04:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I think what Oprah Winfrey is doing is great to give those girls an education of excellence so that they can have a better aspect of life and there is nothing wrong with having good quality things, like the bedroom sheets and clothes hurry for Mama Oprah your doing a great job I Love it. HLQ

Oprah has a right to be cocky. A rooster (or hen) has the right to crow, if she's got the spurs to back it up. It's Oprah's money and she can do whatever pleases her (as long as it's legal), including naming the school after whomever she wants. Even if her motivation is publicity (I think partly true), it still benefits many people. That's the beauty of capitalism and free markets.

I do take exception to the creative editing of the "alleged" physical abuse incidents. The children involved were separated from their families and taken out of their country to Houston before local police could conduct a proper investigation. And now you hear NOTHING at all about these children. Where are they being held? Are they being treated appropriately or are they being brainwashed in order to help Oprah avoid a lawsuit? What happened to these children? Wikeye (talk) 21:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

All the girls are back at the school. And I don't think Oprah's motivation is publicity. If she wanted publicity she would have built the school in the U.S. where her most lucrative audience is. I think her motivation is she wanted to be a mother, and she found a wonderful way to make it happen. I also think she loves Nelson Mandela so much that she wanted to keep her promise to him to build a school. If the next generation of South African leaders don't get educated, all that country's progress accomplished by Mandela will be down the drain. Think about it. Christmasgirl (talk) 16:46, 26 September 2008 (UTC)