Talk:Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

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[edit] 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. —The preceding unsigned comment was 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. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.48.115.46 (talk • contribs) 12:16, February 28, 2007.

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