This is an "ed con" not an educational consultant.
This is an excerpt from Sue's deposition. What preceeded this was a lot of questioning on her education and work experience. She does not hold a degree and it was discovered that she worked in her mothers wholesale food business, the aviation industry and then in a hospital, Humana (the name of the hospital changed a couple of times due to a change in ownership). While in the hospital she worked in accounting, purchasing and special services. She defined special services as telecommunications, cafeteria/kitchen. She was asked:
Q. So the special services area of this hosptial really had no role in delivering medical care?
A. No, no.
So she admits early on that she has had no medical training.
How much of this information do you loyal followers of hers have?
(To help you understand the dialog, Q. is Mr. Silvester and A. is Sue.
BY MR. SILVESTER:
Q. Ms. Scheff, you have now been handed exhibit 13 to your deposition?
A. Uh-huh (affirmative)
Q. Do you recognize the document?
A. Yes, I do.
Q. It comes off your website, correct?
A. Right.
Q. Did you prepare the section on the president, Sue Scheff?
A. Some of it, yes.
Q. This indicates that you were the founder of PURE?
A. Right.
Q. And in the second paragraph it says for the past several years you devoted time, energy, and support to helping parents find healthy and safe environments for children?
A. Right.
Q. Then it goes on to say with a degree in business and finance, combined with years of experience in the medical field....
A. Right. And that was changed.
Q. ...she created PURE with the desire to help families. NOw, I must have misunderstood earlier. You don't have a degree, do you?
A. No. I don't and that's what I said. That was, I know Eugene (could that be BK) had taken that out.
Q. And you don't have experience in the medical field do you?
A. Well I worked in the hospital.
Q. You think accounting in a hospital is experience in the the medical field?
A. I think special services with the referrals that I did, yes. I did a lot of referrals about what type of doctors that people had needed when I worked for Humana. Yes, I do.
Q. I thought you said earlier they were special services that had to do with...
A. I did but...
Q. ...a kitchen and purchasing...
A. I did.
Q. ...had nothing to do with the medical staff?
A. Telecommunications was part of a referral-based system that was in the hospital.
Q. So you...
A. I did say telecommunications.
Q. So you beleive you have years of experience in the medical field?
A. In the referral system of the medical field. When I worked at the hospital.
Q. You don't think this is misleading information to put out in from of consumers?
A. No, I don't. I think the degree is misleading, yes. And that's, and I know that was removed.
Q. That isn't misleading, that's a lie, isn't it?
A. It's incorrect.
Q. But years of experience in the medical field, you don't think that would mislead people into thinking you had...
A. NO.
Q. ...medical training?
A. Because I worked at...
Q. You don't beleive that would lead people into beleiving you might have medical training?
A. No.
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