Oprah Winfrey
I chose to write about Oprah Winfrey. I know that Oprah came from a very poor family. She had to overcome many adversities to get where she is today. Even though we overcome certain obstacles the cycle never seems to stop. My individual project is to show that.
Oprah Winfrey, net worth 2.6 billion dollars, as we all know Oprah has not always been wealthy. It was that start of her uphill hill climb with the Oprah Winfrey show which aired every day. Oprah went thru many hardships she dealt with poverty, racism, paparazzi smut, pretty much whatever could be thrown at her. Oprah took it head on she thrived on proving everyone wrong. Her television show became your best friend I would watch every day she really understood how people felt, what they needed; she became a means for me to vent.
Oprah grew up in Kosciusko, Miss. She grew up without any of the amenities we enjoy today. From watching grandma wash her clothes out by hand, and no indoor plumbing. She went thru rape at the age of nine and had a son that died at birth when she was 14. She was given an opportunity to a school that was way above what she was worth at the time a rich suburban school. She was placed there thru e federally funded program.
I think that even though she now has a lot it is always important to keep expecting more from you. She is proof that if you keep challenging yourself you can keep reaching farther than you could even imagine. To me it is so different from having someone tell you how to do something that they have never done, as having someone say “hey I have been there and you will get thru if you persevere”. After twenty-five years last may she said goodbye to daytime television to concentrate on her new handle the OWN network: Oprah Winfrey Network which is a 24 hr. programming channel. Her new baby aired on January 1 2012. Although the anticipation of this new endeavor grew quite large, it did not quite stand up to the predictions it was given.
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Oprah Winfrey, net worth 2.6 billion dollars, as we all know Oprah has not always been wealthy. It was that start of her uphill hill climb with the Oprah Winfrey show which aired every day. Oprah went thru many hardships she dealt with poverty, racism, paparazzi smut, pretty much whatever could be thrown at her. Oprah took it head on she thrived on proving everyone wrong. Her television show became your best friend I would watch every day she really understood how people felt, what they needed; she became a means for me to vent.
Oprah grew up in Kosciusko, Miss. She grew up without any of the amenities we enjoy today. From watching grandma wash her clothes out by hand, and no indoor plumbing. She went thru rape at the age of nine and had a son that died at birth when she was 14. She was given an opportunity to a school that was way above what she was worth at the time a rich suburban school. She was placed there thru e federally funded program.
I think that even though she now has a lot it is always important to keep expecting more from you. She is proof that if you keep challenging yourself you can keep reaching farther than you could even imagine. To me it is so different from having someone tell you how to do something that they have never done, as having someone say “hey I have been there and you will get thru if you persevere”. After twenty-five years last may she said goodbye to daytime television to concentrate on her new handle the OWN network: Oprah Winfrey Network which is a 24 hr. programming channel. Her new baby aired on January 1 2012. Although the anticipation of this new endeavor grew quite large, it did not quite stand up to the predictions it was given.
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