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Quiet at Doctrine central…let’s take advantage of this to review and contrast some of the basics of the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers. (…don’t worry, we’ll have you out of here in no time…after all it is summer!) (…oh yeah, except for the Reader from South Queensland, New South East Wales, Tambourine, Australia …’ello! cold enuff for ya?)

the Wakefield Doctrine proposes that all people experience life from one of three characteristic perspectives, and for reasons stated elsewhere, the terms for these perspectives are: clarks, scotts and rogers.  Without getting overly technical (lol), the Doctrine maintains that we are all born with a range of innate qualities that form the ‘lens’ through which we see the world around us.  At an early age these qualities (or ‘predelictions’) gather into one of three distinct clusters, which result in the characteristic way a person perceives the world around them.  We say that it is not the list of behaviors or any in born traits that account for a person’s “personality”, rather we say that the “perceptual bias” that the individual has that is used to interpret the world that is their personality.  
Pretty simple, isn’t it?

Ohkay…let’s just put down our pens and pencils and take a deep breathe…

Much better!

(God, I love that scene…) Hey! I can’t find a single complimentary sounding definition of pedantry: (…hold on let’s look at synonyms…), laboriousness, (…ok not bad…), sophistry(…no Jimmie not the class before Junior…), meticulousness, thoroughness, (…now we’re getting somewhere!…) unimaginativeness, (…wait a minute, I know there is a good word…nah can’t think of one, shit…)

It’s looking more and more like a multiple video Post…so what can we learn from Messrs. Moe, Larry and Curley…

How much of a cultural gap is that?!  Damn…we might as well be watching Punch and frickin Judy!  Of course the Stooges were in fact based in the 1940’s for the most part, so even for those of us who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s there are still a ton of references that are totally disconnected.  But the real question in your mind is:

“Who was the clark, who was the scott and who was the roger of these Stooges”? (of course, we know here at the Doctrine and really do not want to deprive anyone of the learning experience, so gather your friends around, figure who was which and the answer will be at the total bottom of the page)…(no fair looking!)

A little music…

What are you still doing here?  Lesson of the Day?  No, no Lesson of the Day today.  Just go out into the world knowing that everyone you see is either a clark, scott or roger.
Know that when you have identified them, you can successfully anticipate how they will respond to any situation and, depending on your level of understanding of this here Doctrine here and if you know the individual in question well enough,  you will know what they will frickin say in most situations.

So get out there, try it out.  Hey, better tell someone else about this Wakefield Doctrine thing…getting tired of waiting to be the next internet sensation….

Of course: Moe is a roger, Larry is a clark and Curley is the scott.  But you knew that, didn’t you?  (If not, better hold off on going up to people and telling them which of the three types they are.)