Oprah’s Tough Love?

HOW NEEDY IS TOO NEEDY?

According to News24.com’s Gavin Prins, family members are unhappy with the strict rules imposed upon students attending the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (located near Johannesburg, South Africa.)  What the hell are they bitching about?

If I am not mistaken, the whole thrust of this endeavour was to bring opportunities to a generation of girls (mainly in Africa) who have next to none.  Most of the students that attend the academy come from families with one or more members dealing with HIV/AIDS.   Many live in abject poverty and have little to look forward to on a continent still reeling from hundreds of years of European ‘intervention.’