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September 11, 2024 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

ok, ok, we did promise to discuss, ever-so briefly, the concept of serendipitous insights into the personal realities inherent in the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine.

this will not be on the Final Exam for one very good reason.

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if you haven’t found this thing of ours fascinating, fun, weird-but-you-know-kinda-true. and possibly even useful, you are no longer reading…

(lol. jokes on them. well, technically, the joke (or the necessary premise of said bon mot), does not exit for them what clicked away five minutes ago*)

New Readers!! Following is our statement of role:

Your Narrator, being a clark with a significant secondary scottian and weak tertiary rogerian aspect, is the Curator of these pages. That is the extent of it. The reason for this seemingly clumsy exhibition of humility is to be found in the ‘Eureka Moment’ of the Wakefield Doctrine. (Hint: found in the ‘About’ or one of the other Pages (as opposed to Posts).

The Eureka Moment is Number One!! on our ‘List of greatest insights into another’s personal reality’.

(Quick Note: sure, the Doctrine will, in the course of describing the characteristics of the three personality types, enable anyone to see examples (of them) in their own worlds. But, beyond that. there have been occasions when we simply get lucky, spot a situation and correctly infer what a person of a different predominant worldview is experiencing as they are experiencing it. In other words, see further into their world than even the principles of the Doctrine ordinarily permit.)

anyway… in no particular order**

‘Referential Authority’ in the world of the Herd Member, the ultimate exertion of will on their surroundings always involves referring to a commonly-held belief system/coda example: HR person says to new hire: “This folder contains the SOP of our operation, we call it ‘the Bible'”¹ Any religious leader-wannabe will always speak of higher authorities on… shall we say, ‘as a personal friend, confidant’
‘Lashing-Out’ again in the world of the Herd Member, this is an extremely effective (and efficacious) strategy to exert dominance in a Herd. It (the identification of and definition of this mechanism/tactic), is also the greatest gift the Wakefield Doctrine makes available to clarks. (Hint: It eliminates the damage of the reflexive thought “What could I have done to make my rogerian friend say such a thing?”)

ok, out of time

Don’t forget!

The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

*no, we wouldn’t be making fun of the creatively challenged. no way

** we did identify ourslefs as a clark, did we not? lol

you clarks out there know that no one, with the exception of the referenced HR person ever calls it that

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2sdae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 10, 2024 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

…Pencils down.

Well, how’d ja do?

As promised, you will all grade your own tests following yesterday’s audio-video Essay Test.

A little review of the key concepts manifested in the video.

All three of the predominant worldviews, by virtue of being human, will strive to exert control on their surroundings. Be it physical, social or spiritual. Some (examples of this drive) will be more obvious than others. All will, as the Everything Rule maintains, reflect the character of the personal reality of the individuals.

Remember, the key to understanding a person from a predominant worldview other than our own is ‘manifestation’, as in: ‘how does this noun/verb/object manifest in the world of the speaker?

clarks (the Outsider) looking up from their test booklets smile, the manifestation of the drive to control is through the un-witting/un-knowing/un-intended cooperation of someone else. there is a saying among Outsiders when confronting a challenge that they cannot handle themselves (falsely or otherwise): “I can’t, you can, I think I’ll try to get you to,” passive aggressive? sure. effective? you’ll never know (lol the clarks in our metaphorical classroom are trying to cover their amused reaction)
scotts (the Predator) look alert, were the MC (in the Video) a scott, she would have already turned on the tv, the better to stay aware of the situation in the environment, note: her interest would be in situational awareness, not the safety and well-being of the students. the students would not have to muster the courage to leave, the MC would have said, “Hey. This class is not the most important thing. Class dismissed. ‘cept you (fill in the name of the hot/cute student)…. you look like you could use a hug.” (lol the scotts in the our metaphorical classroom are producing a variety of sound effect, the clarks are joining them)
rogers (the Herd Members) well, they are kind of the center of attention in our bullet-point shaped room. The clip from the video provides a clear and unambiguous example of a roger expressing their need to control, in this case, the classroom. Seriously, would anyone, in the role of the MC who was not a roger, at very least acknowledge the student’s request to turn on the new? That pause goes on forever. And, …and it’s not that she’s busy or perplexed, she is clearly reflecting on something that, (Alert: the following WILL BE ON THE FINAL EXAM!) was a considerations that the students in the classroom were not qualified to be a part of… *) She does, of course, turn on the TV and the result is predictable. The thing of it is, she was the center of the Herd from the moment the legitimate request (to turn on the news) was stated.

* ProTip: If you have had the experience of being in a workplace in which a manager’s office is in direct view of the general work area, you can determine the predominant worldview of the occupant on the basis of how often the door is closed, during normal business hours. Do the Math. This will be an Extra Credit question on the Final Exam. Hint: No one in the immediate vicinity will not be aware of the door closing. The closing of the door (on receiving a visitor or taking a phone call, whatever) will be for the benefit of the people who are not qualified to be in the now-closed-door-office. So rogerian.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 9, 2024 By clarkscottroger

Welcome the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

What a treat we have for you Readers today!

Backstory: was talking Doctrine with Denise and roger (yeah, the Progenitor roger) on this weekend’s Saturday Night Call-in and we got on the topic of translation. Meaning, of course, translation between personal realities.

Essentially, if as a clark I am asked why did the roger does something*, without the Wakefield Doctrine, my description is unavoidable inaccurate, often fatally so. If, that is, our goal in life is to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

So, anyway, in the course of the conversation, we recalled a scene in the beginning of the movie, ‘Arrival’ that while subtle, is totally representative of a roger’s characteristic behavior.

New Readers!! This is kinda Doctrine 104 (Advanced Seminar). All of you who are scotts and rogers on your first visit? You’d be doing yourself a favor by heading over to This Page (on rogers). That’ll give you a total leg-up on today’s conversation. clarks who’re like, ‘what the hell is the Wakefield Doctrine… wait I think I see, level of new to this blog? We had you guys at ‘Doctrine 104 (Advanced Seminar)’ lol Yeah, no way you’re gonna go back and read the Basics and Principles.

Anyway…

The Everything Rule reminds us that even something as abstract as ‘aggression and drive to control’ is found in all three predominant worldviews. The word we use when considering an interest, social fad, an occupation, avocation, and ‘well-I-gotta-earn-a-living’ us Manifest, as in ‘how does this manifest in an Outsider (clark), Predator (scott) or Herd Member (roger)? To take it one step further (Advanced Seminar 194) we can infer a person’s predominant worldview by the quality of a given manifestation. Which in turns accounts for why some occupations tend to draw one personality type over the other. For example: elementary school teacher, cop/stripper and engineer/revivalist preacher.

So, here ya go. We have the vid set up to start a few seconds before the MC exhibits the behavior that identifies her as a roger. By all means play it from the beginning. The thing that is being demonstrated is how ‘control over the world around her’ is manifested in the rogerian worldview.

No, don’t ask us why. We have complete confidence in our Reader’s grasp of the principles of our little personality theory and, far be it from us to impugn the efficacy of the aforementioned insight into human behavior. But we’ll be all, ‘correct your own tests’ tomorrow on this little lesson. (No, don’t over-think the scene. Consider the question: How would you have responded to the student’s request that the main (whatever) be tuned into the News? We know what you’re thinking, clarks! lol

rogerian insight

* totally one of the direct benefits of alternate perspective made available by the Wakefield Doctrine. The first among such insights as they pertain to clarks and rogers is a new and thoroughly beneficial appreciation of the distinctly rogerian characteristic known as ‘lashing out’. If you’re a clark, new to this blog here, you would do well to write a comment/send email to the effect ‘ok, I’ll admit to being an Outsider (don’t tell anyone) but what’s the big deal with this ‘lashing out’ thing?’ New Readers want to know.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 6, 2024 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

There is a change here at the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A change of personal. Our current host Dyanne has done her time and is due some richly deserved R&R from html-wrangling the weekly publication. As we all know, Time is the ultimate HR manager and even in the virtual (and some might argue, timeless) world of the blogosphere, change is the one true constant.

We invite all participants, past and present to join us in expressing our appreciation for her efforts on behalf of the Grat-blog-that-Lizzi-created.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Dyanne. Grateful for her work as the most recent hostinae of this here Grat-blog here. Seeing how nothing says ‘thank you’ better than old home movies, if’n we had any we’d link them up. Since we don’t have none of them, click here and you will see what is purportedly our out-going Host’s first TToT appearance. (Thumbnails at the bottom of the post. Number 16 with a bullet.)

5) the digital age and land of easily-accessed and horrendously misconstrued thoughts, intentions and self-improvement.

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop Six Pick! : ‘Part 26: Navigating a Debris Field‘. by Misky

8) the Unicorn Challenge Read this! ‘Unicorn Promptly‘ by ceayr

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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Fraedae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 6, 2024 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to ‘the Unicorn Challenge‘

A photo-prompt bloghop hosted by jenne and ceayr, it has the simplest of rules: keep it at (or under) 250 words.

“Damn”

The man stood on the beach. The sun struggled to banish the clouds, but, much as the approaching metaphors, it had reached a state of exhaustion. Even the Narrator, safe behind invisible quotation marks, frowned.

“Any one of them, is that the plot you’re saddling me with?”

The man smiled. He smiled at the sense of voiceless discomfit. The words were supposed to interlock and, in becoming a chain, lead the Reader to the end of the story. But, like the paper towel that was manufactured on the very day the machine operator’s wife left him, the logic between thoughts were jagged. And jagged, at least in the context of paper towels and alternating POV, was aggravating at best and boring at worst.

“As the main character I must consider each grain of sand on this beach to hold the key to a climax that is both satisfying and reasonable. What kind of Narrator are you? You’re not… no. No. Way.

The Narrator tried to hide, hoping to blend into the scene description, which, after all, appeared to be an expanse of ocean beach. But backing up meant moving other elements of the story.

“I know, you’re an Unreliable Narrator! What, you’re gonna drag out some Garden of Eden trope to distract the Reader from the fact this is not really a story!”

The Narrator looked around desperately. Then he saw it. Salvation. The Fourth Wall.

“I’m telling ceayr that you’re back on the Stream of Consciousness sauce again!”