Rebuttals Of Late
Is it just me or does it seem like every rebuttals provided by both of “Dr” Jessie Chung’s friends, Dr. Rebecca Tiew and Pierce, are narrowly focussed on what is just convenient for them to defend – leaving out the others? This is known as a smoke screen tactic.
Convenient Rebuttal #1
ITEC, UK – Both Rebecca Tiew (technically NOT a doctor as she holds a BDS and she is a dentist rather than a medical doctor, but we won’t split hair over this - if she had attended a North American university she would be accorded a DDS with 8 years of schooling which includes an undergraduate science/pre-medical degree) and Pierce argues that “Dr". Jessie Chung did earn a Diploma in Nutrition from ITEC, UK.
Firstly, ITEC do not confer diplomas but is an accreditation body which franchise schools to offer their curriculum. I had argued that Jessie misled people - with the idea that she in fact attended ITEC in the UK, and she graduated with a Diploma in Nutrition (as first claimed in November 2005). I guess the colonial motherland is more prestigious, and a diploma focussed on just nutrition is more convincing when selling health supplements.
In fact, she likely attended a Malaysian beautician school called Senniyo, http://www.senniyo.edu.my/, which offers a Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists. Wild guess? Confirm or deny with a picture, please.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between attending a UK school and a Malaysian school, and between a "Diploma in Nutrition" and a "Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists". It is almost like a university in a third world like North Korean offering a degree in engineering based on the now public-domain MIT curriculum, and the North Korean graduates claiming that they attended MIT in Mass. Or earning a BA in Computer Science (likely a program with some courses in IT management and basic programming) versus a BSc in Computer Science (with a strong scientific and mathematical base and high-level programming).
Interesting thing about the ITEC-accredited "Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists" – you can earn it in 100 hours. That’s about 2 semester credits in a North American university – one course a semester. The standardized curriculum is 3 hours a week for 13 or 14 weeks for each semester credit. In most community colleges in North America, one needs 5 credits (3 hours a week over 13/14 weeks) per semester over 6 semesters to earn a diploma … or about 1,200 hours of instruction. At best, the ITEC-accredited program is a vocational program. 100 hours is not exactly enough to train nutritionists, or even Senior Nutritional Therapists. And the diploma exam?? All of 25 multiple-choice questions (http://www.itecworld.co.uk/Itec2005Syllabus/Diet%20&%20Nutrition/Diet%20&%20Nutrition%20for%20Complementary%20Therapists%20Test%20Specification.pdf). Wow!!! Toughie. No wonder dentists are flocking to take this exam, to supplement their meagre income presumably???
Heck, Senniyo's own beautician certificates take 3 times longer in training. What does that say about a Nutritionist, or Senior Nutritional Therapists trained by ITEC? Obviously ITEC is more focussed on beauticians than nutritions, hence my comment that ITEC trains beauticians!!!
Another interesting fact is Senniyo is run by a Ms Jenny Law, who also happens to be an "Associate Provost" (what's with quacks and big academic titles??) of University of Health Science, USA - our mysterious school where “Dr” Jessie Chung recently - and mysteriously - earned a M.Sc. in Psychology. Here is another weird connection - programs at Senniyo is "approved and affiliated" with the University of Health Science, USA.
So, a beautician is a university provost (a very high-level academic title equivalent to a President) … so what kind of a university is the University of Health Science? An non-accredited one of course … the State of Michigan does not recognize this “university” http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf, nor does the State of Oregon (http://0-www.osac.state.or.us.library.lanecc.edu/oda/unaccredited.html). In fact Oregon goes as far as officially calling it a diploma mill!! But who are the states of Michigan and Oregon, never mind a lone canuck academic, argue with a prominent Malaysian dentist and nutritional therapist?
Convenient Rebuttal #2
Borneo Research and Educational Institute - Another exotic niche medical school which offers degrees, patronized by royalty, but no addresses nor is searchable (on Google or Nexus). But of course … I must be the most ignorant and misinformed academic in this part of the world!!!
Either that or “Dr” Jessie Chung always seeks out these highly specialized programs that admit and train the very best and few!!! My confidence in myself is beginning to wane.
Convenient Rebuttal #3
Stop saying she is not too young or is too nice a person to NOT to have these credentials. Prove it!!!
I have stated many times, I will retract my statements on the face of evidence. And I have with the CutePDF issue, and with the Dr. Rebecca Tiew’s title (albeit reluctantly since it is a BDS).
I still maintain that, even at 37, the math does NOT add up. Full professor? Doctorate without a track record of publications? Every one of my doctorate colleagues who are full professors is well into their late 40’s and early 50’s when they EARNED all those titles and credentials. Unless “Dr” Jessie was a child prodigy – if so, say so.
Convenient Rebuttal #4
False accusations … where did I once say that the radio programs/stations do not exist? I said "* Host of Health-care programme at Radio 5 & RFM 98.8 - don’t live in Malaysia so can’t vouch for this". Seems like Dr. Tiew is not beneath levelling false accusations herself.
Something Constructive
I suggest that both Pierce and Rebecca answer the tough questions … which I have raised many times before, but here’s another check list:
1. Can Jessie explain why Lafayette University was dropped from her list of credentials? Was the M.Sc. with emphasis in Nutrition purchased? I am NOT convinced that she did any course work towards this degree at this university. Here’s the big give away - the dissertation focus - Enzymatic Therapy and Treatment - is too broad a topic for a master’s dissertation. Having supervised a few theses myself, I know that ALL dissertation focus are narrowly defined within a very particular context. If you wish to be convincing, try a title like, “Enzymatic Therapy in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis” (maybe for her doctorate at St. Andrews?? … oops, cannot have it – already published here:
Convenient Rebuttal #1
ITEC, UK – Both Rebecca Tiew (technically NOT a doctor as she holds a BDS and she is a dentist rather than a medical doctor, but we won’t split hair over this - if she had attended a North American university she would be accorded a DDS with 8 years of schooling which includes an undergraduate science/pre-medical degree) and Pierce argues that “Dr". Jessie Chung did earn a Diploma in Nutrition from ITEC, UK.
Firstly, ITEC do not confer diplomas but is an accreditation body which franchise schools to offer their curriculum. I had argued that Jessie misled people - with the idea that she in fact attended ITEC in the UK, and she graduated with a Diploma in Nutrition (as first claimed in November 2005). I guess the colonial motherland is more prestigious, and a diploma focussed on just nutrition is more convincing when selling health supplements.
In fact, she likely attended a Malaysian beautician school called Senniyo, http://www.senniyo.edu.my/, which offers a Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists. Wild guess? Confirm or deny with a picture, please.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between attending a UK school and a Malaysian school, and between a "Diploma in Nutrition" and a "Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists". It is almost like a university in a third world like North Korean offering a degree in engineering based on the now public-domain MIT curriculum, and the North Korean graduates claiming that they attended MIT in Mass. Or earning a BA in Computer Science (likely a program with some courses in IT management and basic programming) versus a BSc in Computer Science (with a strong scientific and mathematical base and high-level programming).
Interesting thing about the ITEC-accredited "Diploma In Diet & Nutrition for Complementary Therapists" – you can earn it in 100 hours. That’s about 2 semester credits in a North American university – one course a semester. The standardized curriculum is 3 hours a week for 13 or 14 weeks for each semester credit. In most community colleges in North America, one needs 5 credits (3 hours a week over 13/14 weeks) per semester over 6 semesters to earn a diploma … or about 1,200 hours of instruction. At best, the ITEC-accredited program is a vocational program. 100 hours is not exactly enough to train nutritionists, or even Senior Nutritional Therapists. And the diploma exam?? All of 25 multiple-choice questions (http://www.itecworld.co.uk/Itec2005Syllabus/Diet%20&%20Nutrition/Diet%20&%20Nutrition%20for%20Complementary%20Therapists%20Test%20Specification.pdf). Wow!!! Toughie. No wonder dentists are flocking to take this exam, to supplement their meagre income presumably???
Heck, Senniyo's own beautician certificates take 3 times longer in training. What does that say about a Nutritionist, or Senior Nutritional Therapists trained by ITEC? Obviously ITEC is more focussed on beauticians than nutritions, hence my comment that ITEC trains beauticians!!!
Another interesting fact is Senniyo is run by a Ms Jenny Law, who also happens to be an "Associate Provost" (what's with quacks and big academic titles??) of University of Health Science, USA - our mysterious school where “Dr” Jessie Chung recently - and mysteriously - earned a M.Sc. in Psychology. Here is another weird connection - programs at Senniyo is "approved and affiliated" with the University of Health Science, USA.
So, a beautician is a university provost (a very high-level academic title equivalent to a President) … so what kind of a university is the University of Health Science? An non-accredited one of course … the State of Michigan does not recognize this “university” http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf, nor does the State of Oregon (http://0-www.osac.state.or.us.library.lanecc.edu/oda/unaccredited.html). In fact Oregon goes as far as officially calling it a diploma mill!! But who are the states of Michigan and Oregon, never mind a lone canuck academic, argue with a prominent Malaysian dentist and nutritional therapist?
Convenient Rebuttal #2
Borneo Research and Educational Institute - Another exotic niche medical school which offers degrees, patronized by royalty, but no addresses nor is searchable (on Google or Nexus). But of course … I must be the most ignorant and misinformed academic in this part of the world!!!
Either that or “Dr” Jessie Chung always seeks out these highly specialized programs that admit and train the very best and few!!! My confidence in myself is beginning to wane.
Convenient Rebuttal #3
Stop saying she is not too young or is too nice a person to NOT to have these credentials. Prove it!!!
I have stated many times, I will retract my statements on the face of evidence. And I have with the CutePDF issue, and with the Dr. Rebecca Tiew’s title (albeit reluctantly since it is a BDS).
I still maintain that, even at 37, the math does NOT add up. Full professor? Doctorate without a track record of publications? Every one of my doctorate colleagues who are full professors is well into their late 40’s and early 50’s when they EARNED all those titles and credentials. Unless “Dr” Jessie was a child prodigy – if so, say so.
Convenient Rebuttal #4
False accusations … where did I once say that the radio programs/stations do not exist? I said "* Host of Health-care programme at Radio 5 & RFM 98.8 - don’t live in Malaysia so can’t vouch for this". Seems like Dr. Tiew is not beneath levelling false accusations herself.
Something Constructive
I suggest that both Pierce and Rebecca answer the tough questions … which I have raised many times before, but here’s another check list:
1. Can Jessie explain why Lafayette University was dropped from her list of credentials? Was the M.Sc. with emphasis in Nutrition purchased? I am NOT convinced that she did any course work towards this degree at this university. Here’s the big give away - the dissertation focus - Enzymatic Therapy and Treatment - is too broad a topic for a master’s dissertation. Having supervised a few theses myself, I know that ALL dissertation focus are narrowly defined within a very particular context. If you wish to be convincing, try a title like, “Enzymatic Therapy in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis” (maybe for her doctorate at St. Andrews?? … oops, cannot have it – already published here:
posted by Q-Buster at 12:36 AM
5 Comments:
Yeah...i had alway doubt her credibility when i read their poster.
Hope she can really stand out and sort this out.
Welcome Kenny Lee ....
She's had one month since I posted what I know. And she won't step up to the plate to come clean. Oh, the deceptive web we weave.
Reminds me of when I was caught lying when I was a little wee lad, and I tried to continue to lie my way out. My parents, being on the side of truth, were not convinced, and I was eventually busted and punished.
Hi...I'm a practising lawyer based in Kuching, Sarawak. I am a friend of Pierce, and I know of Jeffery Chung when he was still attending our church back in the eighties but do not share the close friendship that Pierce has obviously fostered with him/her.
I hope Pierce will not be offended when I say that it would be good for "Dr" Jessie to answer DIRECTLY to the logical queries as posted on this blog instead of having a friendly dentist or Pierce himself respond (in manners which are completedly out-of-topic and relevance to the issue at hand here).
I sincerely hope that this blog will continue to pose the numerous logical questions which I'm sure anyone of reasonable intelligence must be pondering at this point in time. The longer "Dr" Jessie keeps silent, the graver things look on her side. That's my 2-cents worth anyway...
Welcome David Chong, and thank you for posting your thoughts.
I respect, and envy, Pierce's support to Jessie but there will be a point where Pierce will himself become implicated as an accomplice. I am wondering if this will be worth it, for Pierce to stick his neck so far out in the face of all these.
Let me give ALL my assurance that I will NOT go away ... and this blog WILL continue until all the answers are given. Stonewalling just make inquisitive people like me more determined - that's a trait or a curse of an academic I supposed.
trifecta is absolutely correct. There are many research services out there that publish theses from North American universities.
Given IT's capabilities these days, theses are either indexed or achived by many sources widely, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to surpress or retract. Hence the level of scrutiny given to the research, writing, defence and publication of theses. They are civilization's brain trust.
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