07 Jul 2011
Posted by Miss Kissy 
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Oprah Winfrey is back in the USA after spending quality time with her girls at the school she opened in South Africa.
Oprah emailed fans about her students:
They were all stressed for tests, but doing fine, No major crisis this trip. I love being with them and talking to them about all things important. When I’m there I’m talking from the time I get up till I go to bed, about EVERYTHING teenage girls are going through. It’s the same all over the world.
There is nothing like leaving the USA to get a deeper appreciation of the freedoms we sometimes take for granted.
Back in 2007 Oprah opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. These young women have been given an amazing life changing opportunity. You think Oprah would be proud and sit back and take joy in her charitable accomplishment. No, not Miss Oprah Winfrey. Leave it up to Oprah to outdo herself.
Oprah has now decided that she will be teaching a class titled, “Life 101″ to the 12th grade girls this fall.
Ms. Winfrey said about her new role as teacher,
I’m going back this fall to teach a class; calling it Life 101… All the stuff I wish someone had told me about how the world works. Should be fun since I love to teach. And they’re like sponges. Like 12th graders everywhere, this first class is both anxious and excited about going to college.
When Chris Rock was last on the show he said ‘real wealth is having options.’ I now stress to my girls that education prepares you to have options. Without it you have none.
The best thing about this story is that Oprah has decided to teach them something they can actually use later in life. Schools don’t really teach you life skills. Schools don’t even teach you simple stuff like it’s not what you know, but who you know.
Nor do they teach you simple stuff like having a positive attitude actually improves your life because it makes good things happen for you.
I love Oprah. The stunts she performs sometimes brings me to tears. If every person of Oprah’s stature would give back to the world in a manner that Oprah does the world would be a much better place. Her students are blessed in abundance and have no reason not to succeed.
Do you or do you not just love you some Oprah Winfrey?
40 Comments
so much
Congratulations Ms. Winfrey <3
oh good grief…
Dont we have kids in America that cud use her help… She is so quick to help kids in another continent but is she turning her back on American kids? I never cared for her anyway
Can she take me along too i won’t mind tagging along to be of good service to appreciative children. God bless her
Geesh, I didn’t mean to upset you all this early talking about that Oprah Lady…..
Any child that needs help, needs help and I don’t care where they are lliving. Oprah gives and gives and gives, I just love her!
” lady ” o” anotha bad creation! You go girl;-)
Oprah does a lot for people here in the U.S. She has several programs to help schools in Chicago! I get tired of people complaining about what she does in other countries like she’s only suppossed to help people in the U.S. There are countries that have it far worst than the poorest person in the U.S. They deserve help too! People need to stop being so selfish.
^^^^5 Nicole!
Wow Korey! The otherside of the coin is that “YOU” have the ability to effect those same lives everyday. “What have you done to make things better?” Her name is Oprah……not Jesus.
YES!! <3
Oh! U think she’s quick to help other continent, Lol whatever ur name is surely she also dnt care abt u
well
we love n appreciate what she is doing..
NOPE…..
@Leonard dont worry about what I have done, again when u dont agree with the masses people wanna try to attack you. I am not comparing that chic to Jesus at all just saying we got kids here that need her help as well. I dont plenty in my community for kids what do u do (i dont really care tho). U talking like u know me.
*I do plenty*
I love this story! Although I guess she didn’t have to go to the other side of the continent to do what she did.. its still out motherland! Besides teaching is near and dear to her, she said had she Not gone into television, she would’ve been a teacher. I’m sure she would’ve been an excellent one too. Its why she have such admiration for teachers. Maybe she could’ve instead used her money and influence to help with the teachers and schools in America! With them cutting school activities, low pay for people who spend their lives (if doing their jobs correctly), teacher, training our kids and future generations. I think they deserve all respect and higher pay!!
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I do not know what she does here other than give out designer gifts to her studio audiances. Maybe it is because she does not get press coverage on what she does here or may not want attion for what she does here or she may do nothing here. I would like to think that she is a silent angel here. But there is a women here that just closed her school for single minority high school mothers and their children because local, state and federal funding was cut. I would think she would be the first to help this woman in her mission.
I sure do!!
What about our young girls over here? Sista out of touch for real!
For those of you who don’t pay attention to things outside of your community, Africa is F#cked up! Ever industrial government is going in and taking all the resources for pennies and giving nothing back but polluted water and air. In other words business as usual, “Screw those brown bastards!” Same song all over the world………….
i love her courage and freewill commitment to humanity..
Yes she gets it,invest her resources in something worthwhile,Big ups to Oprah..
Don’t get me wrong all of this story sounds wonderful it really does. If you really look at the big picture it’s just an elaborate P.R. stunt. The banking families, the monarchy, and all of their goons are readjusting one country at a time all around the world to there selfish twisted ideologies. J.D. Rockefeller started O.B.E in the 1910′s to slowly control the quality of education and critical thinking in the masses. They have succeeded as we are all dumb as hell and don’t know our ass from a hole in the ground. Let’s just say this is totally sincere. Even then these Global Elite Tyrants don’t want people to be liberated and educated in Africa. In fact they don’t want anyone in the world to be. Only the 5% at the top. If Oprah has good motives her deeds will be done in vain. Just think of Oprah as an Ant helping other ants build ant hills. After all the hard work all the Banksters and their wide stretched tentacles have to do is simply smush them all in a matter of seconds. Wake up people The Pied Piper is leading you astray with his intriguing beautiful music. Don’t wake up and find out you have been duped your whole life by masterminds with ill motives and trillions of dollars to make your family lineage disappear at the flick of a switch! I’ll be praying for you all to wake up out of the Matrix.
I still cnt figure out hw africa iz such a poor country went they shud b one of d richest…smh aah bwoy.
No other celeb give back like oprah.
yes, I Totally second u there King, Oprah An Angel, nobody like her, Godbless her,
Scratching my head….. Ummm is this the same school where young girls are rumored to be molested! And is this the same oprah who has a so called best female friend /lover living with her …..
Coincidence??????? Is she now a certified teacher?????? Oh I forgot wat the bigO can do anything she wants!
I wouldnt let that lesbian near my daughter…lol
20012 VP = OO
Wow I think it is great. What does her personal life have to do with who she is trying to help?She shouldnt be judged by what she does personally because no one is perfect. No one is doing what she is doing.
Once again, love how people judge like they are in the celebrities personal life. If anyone has anything to teach, qualified or not, I would personally love to be taught by Oprah. Cos she could teach black people a thing or two about minding ourselves.
So positive a very good thing
Yea i tink dats gud givin bk
I still cnt figure out hw africa iz such a poor country went they shud b one of d richest…smh aah bwoy.
Yes Kissy I saw it yesterday and liked it already and left a comment..
I don’t understand why Africa when there are so many children in the USA that need a school as well.