Oprah's School

Usually I don't comment on Oprah, as I don't watch her, but this story's on the front page of the Sun Times---is her new girls school in South Africa too strict?:

The 12- and 13-year-old girls are allowed only one visit a month, the number of visitors is limited to four, names of visitors must be submitted in advance and cell phone calls and e-mails to relatives are allowed only on weekends.

Some parents are upset, they of course miss their daughters, but allowing more frequent communication will only make the girls more homesick. I have sympathy for Oprah if parents are going to go to the press every time they have a problem. They can always pull their child out of the school.

At least she's given them a choice.