Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Started the day with a bit of a quote remanent, ‘there is nothing new under the sun‘ hoping that that would limit that part of my brain that is endlessly creative with the things to worry about, but then I completed the quote* in my head and totally swapped it for some Shakespeare ‘there are more things in heaven and earth’ because, how much worse could that be?**
A Note to scottian and rogerian Readers: yes, that is what it’s like inside our head(s) when the day starts for clarks. And, not that it needs to be stated more clearly, consider this: when a clark wakes/stops worrying/inexplicably finds herself in a light hearted mood/discovers the very bad news is only mildly disquieting/accepts the invitation to be friends with a person/reaches the bottom of the emotional abyss in fact, everything/every-time except for when we discover that we’ve fallen in love/see love coming from another, un-prompted/totally surrender… a clark thinks ‘I’m here and the world is out there’.
thats the difference between a clark and a scott and a roger***
*** thanks go to zoe for catching and mentioning a problem that hopefully is fix… do me a favor? go to zoe/ivy’s site and thank her for me.***
(from a few years ago)
Yes, the Wakefield Doctrine does have a very practical value to all you Readers out there who are currently Students or may be Students or are planning to become Students!
In today’s Post we will present the Wakefield Doctrine in a form that will allow you to get the most from your experience in the classroom, no matter if it is a College-level course: Introduction to the Peloponnesian Wars or a High School ‘Health’ Class, the Wakefield Doctrine can help. Today. Right Now!
Let’s focus on the environment found in High School, simply because this is where the Doctrine will provide the most dramatic and immediate relief and or help for Readers of that age/milieu (big props for any of you who are in High School and are reading this here blog here.)
The Teachers:
clarks:
- if they are clarklike females then they will be found teaching the elementary grades, if male then most likely college level teaching
- in high school the teacher that betrays the ‘Code of Teachers’ and shows a side of themselves that makes it clear that they are ‘real people’
- if watched closely, (the clarklike Teacher) will be caught laughing at the antics of the class clown ( the scott, of course) but still give him detention
scotts:
- if a scottian male, then they are the shop teacher or gym teacher (Mother of God! what are the authorities thinking!!)
- if a scottian female then the French Teacher… if not (attractive) …so the phys ed teacher
- the scottian female Teacher, is also the mostly likely name to appear on the boy’s room wall (but who’s ‘honor’ will be vociferously defended) if anyone ( a roger ) makes a wisecrack about her
rogers:
- if a rogerian male, then the science teacher, if female then the School Nurse
- most of the History Department ( except for the clark they let in for distraction value)
- Health class, Personal Hygiene Civics Class and/or head of the Cafeteria staff
The Students:clarks:
- the one who makes the ‘wisecrack’ that everyone laughs at in class but no one is sure who said it?
- the girl that is admired by the Teachers and the Senior Classmen (and someone said she was going out with a college kid)
- you will, if you watch quietly from the side, see clarks everywhere, but never by themselves (if they are by themselves, you won’t see them)
scotts:
- you’re kidding, right? if we need to tell you how to spot the scotts in your high school, then you need to… go back to grade school! lol
- the two guys who get into a fight, right in the middle of the cafeteria? (and are the best of friends after the fight is over)..scotts
- the girl who is totally the center of almost everything…and if she happens to get straight As nobody seems to remember that fact?
rogers:
- most of the population, easily 45 damn percent…rogers! they’re all over the frickin place
- (most) of the members of every team or any sport or activity that requires the individual to totally depend on teammates or coaches
- the head of every frickin club except the ones that no one joins (thats where you’ll find the ‘outgoing’ clarks)
Alright, time is up! Everyone put down your pencils but please remain in your seats until the rogers can collect your test booklets, do not try to leave until all the test booklets have been collected.
‘As “Well, well, we know,” or “We could an if we would,”
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Hey…this site was a bit wonky this morning but I thought it took my comment. It appeared before I left… did you get it?
Well either way I was saying how astute is your observation as I know all of these people from high school. Going to Catholic school you couldn’t spit without hitting a roger teaching religion.
yeah… the comment was there, but my approach to fixing the post was to copy it to a new post and delete it… so I’m glad you re-sent your Comment!
thank you (for the heads up and the commentifying)
Oh so the site went wonky? it wasn’t my computer? Cuz my side has been screwy all day….cool. thanks.
yeah… it was the Post, not the blog/site, don’t know what I did but it all looks good now..
My son is definitely a Clark. Daughter a Scott MOSTLY.
What’s fortunate, Dyanne, is that for everyone coming to the Doctrine, there is clear evidence of secondary (and even tertiary) aspects. As we all know, or should know, even though everyone has the potential of all three, and everyone settles into one predominant worldview, not everyone has a significant secondary aspect. That being said, everyone who comes around and stays around here, does. …have a secondary aspect. a clarklike secondary aspect (except, of course for those who are predominantly clarklike). Secondary aspects are like… quirks or little things that don’t ever get in the way of the predominant… like yourself being a scott with a secondary clark.
All this to say, by virtue of you, yourself having a significant secondary aspect makes you able to see it in others..
so, the question you’ve got to be asking yourself… what is her secondary? (quick test: does she retreat within at times of stress (sometimes, not all the times)… or does she tend to insist that there is a Right Way to do thing… again these would not be ‘all the time’ behaviors because, as a scott the way she relates herself to the world around her… nearly all the time is as a scott)
From your student description, I would say Clark. The team thing threw me, because she’s involved in volleyball and show choir, but she doesn’t have the typical team member mentality.
…good get (on ttmm*)
(as you would recognize in yourself) the scottian mentality towards teams is simply: sure! lets do something! scotts are natural leaders and will always test for ranking (dominant/submissive positioning among team individuals) but as Bernadine (a deceased scottian friend of mine from years ago) told me once, ‘a scott doesn’t feel less than if they’re not the alpha or, for that matter anywhere in the pack ranking, as long as they know that they are in the pack and ranked… this was a wondrous insight into the scottian worldview, because as a clark, in my world, if you are ‘top dog’ things are great, if you are lesser dog then things are not so great)… so a scott would see a team as a ‘pack with a purpose’
rogers, of course, see a team (or a choir) as a herd…
clarks…? happy to get included, will work their butts off for the good of the team but never, ever assume that they have a natural right to be included among equals
*typical team member mentality
As a Clark who is a former teacher I have to say you hit it on the head with the second two – totally me. I do not, however, enjoy teaching little children. Never have, never will.
The Clark student? Totally me. Always. Especially the wisecrack one.
When I was student-teaching, I’ll never forget the class clown butchering the language and mis-pronouncing “basquetbol” – I held the teacher’s book up to my face and died laughing. I’ve done that quite a few times during my teaching where I have to laugh behind a book. LOLOL
My first year teaching, I swear to god, I met the most scottian of scottians French teacher. Holy crap, I befriended that girl lest I lose my head!
And in high school: yeah, I was in the multicultural club, the international relations club and was one of just a handful…of other clarks, yeah. I didn’t hang out in conservation club too long…all the rogers were there. :P
You have just successfully recounted my life in Doctrine-ese. Aren’t you proud? ;)
yes. yes I am
lol
To that end, I have to be one of the clarkest of clarks. I swear. Now. Will you predict my future and tell me if I have a certain new gig in my future? Can’t talk about that anywhere but here. Shhh. LOLOLOL
totally certain
JAJAJA (I hope I spelled that correctly!)