BRAVO OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16396343/site/newsweek/I'd have to say I'm not surprised that some are criticizing Oprah for building a $40 million school in South Africa instead of in the United States. As an inner-city public high school teacher myself, I thank Oprah for building a school where her efforts will be appreciated (yes, I mean what you think I mean). Think that's harsh? Try teaching groups of students who have cell phones, expensive sneakers, handbags, clothes, etc. Yet, it is common to hear, "I don't have a pen, a notebook, or my homework." Students rarely do homework in a good number of inner-city high schools. Don't believe me? Take a survey of teachers who work in the inner-city. Instead of pointing fingers at Oprah, we should point them back where they belong...at the citizens who make up the inner-cities. Talk about priorities...
Of course you will find motivated students in the inner-cities. I can't say it's true of the majority. In the future, that majority will have no leg to stand on when blaming "the man" for keeping them down.
Labels: Inner-city, Oprah, School, South Africa
posted by LorMarie @ 10:57 AM
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