32. Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

It sound so nice when the TV celebrity founded a boarding school for girls in South Africa for the girls who hadn’t much chance of success in life.

But the story soon turn ugly when the girls and their families complained about isolation from their families and restrictions on visitation.

Later there was news about use of corporal punishment.

It is not a fun place. The cost of getting a second chance at this place despite the poor financial situation in South Africa is too high.

Sources:

• Oprah’s Girls School Rocked by Second Scandal (E online)
• Oprah’s school ‘too strict’ (News 24)