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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘testing…tephting…testing 1-banana-4 testing’

September 19, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

FOTD Nick, in a comment yesterday (well, technically today but his location is somewhere in the East so, timezone-wise, it’s really anyone’s guess what time he hit ‘Send’)

Without the obvious jokes (as referenced in the title) what say we tipe some Doctrine wisdom and a tune and see what comes out the other end.

The Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

clarks are crazy, scotts are stupid, rogers are dumb

There are three personality types in the Wakefield Doctrine. clarks(Outsiders), scotts(Predators) and rogers(Herd Members). These ‘personality types’ are characteristic (and enduring) styles of relationship one has with the world around us and the people who make it up. We settle into one, (and only one), at a very early age and begin the life-long process of learning how best to negotiate with life.

There are no lists of traits, schedules of tropisms or grids of emotional-orientationing in the Wakefield Doctrine. There are not tests or trials, challenges or stand-outside-until-we-let-you-in with this belief system.

The Doctrine is not a belief system, it is not an Answer, it is not even a rational (and productive question). It is a perspective. Which, if one were inclined to think about that, one might say, ‘Ya can’t have enough perspectives available to you, can one?’

You can’t get the Wakefield Doctrine wrong. It can’t be broken.

It might be misused. But, then again, it is known: ‘No one has the authority to tell anyone else what their predominant worldview is. At least not with any ‘color of authority’. Which is not to say that we might enjoy speculating on the predominant worldviews of famous people in the interest in practicing the language.

The Wakefield Doctrine, by virtue of being a perspective, is best served by practice. Like the acquisition of fluency in any foreign language, the more you try to communicate using it, the better.

Warning: Once you attain the level of understanding of the Wakefield Doctrine sufficient to see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world, there is a very good chance you will no longer be able to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world.

Simplest test for predominant worldview: How much is 2 plus 2?

So! Tell us what this blog looks like!

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Mmmonday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 18, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

so, how committed are we, (and, by direct inference, you, the Reader) to (in a borrow from a different alternate perspective) practicing the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine in all our affairs?

All set. Just needed to review some old posts to get my personality-type blog writing mind going. (You know, like those cool and horrifying chippers that professional tree service companies bring when someone in your neighborhood has a need for an arborist at six-in-the-morning? The cool thing is the power once the thing gets up to speed. The cooler thing is when, after converting a tree trunk into confetti, despite being slowed down by the task, the machine regains its roaring speed. Just to remind you of its the power to destroy.)

But enough about the Wakefield Doctrine, lets consider today’s RePrint and, we would ask, please click here to look at the photos of the two extant examples of Wakefield Doctrine apparel and let us know in the comments which design you believe would sell the best online.

Pro-Tip: Pick one person today to observe. It can be someone at work or in school or at one of however many places you must visit as part of your normal Monday routine. Depending on your level of confidence in your understanding of the characteristics of the three predominant worldviews (Outsider/clark, Predator/scott or Herd Member/roger) make the first elimination of the three possibilities. This is the ‘no-fricken’ way they’re a…’ stage. Immediately the person will seem to be, somehow, a combination of the remaining two. This is where the fun is. Put yourself in their shoes. Consider the relationship to the world they are exhibiting. Count pronouns. Look at their physical demeanor. Yahtzee!

on with their hats

March 7, 2010

There is much to talk about but first, the fun of fashion, Doctrine Style. Envy the owners of the scottian heads that will soon be adorned by this fine hat.

A fine hat for your own damn scottian head.

Look on this, and feel the desire grow within your heart on behalf of your un-hatted head. Pretty nice, you say? Damn right is pretty nice. Maybe even too nice!

The lucky two with these hats (Ms. AKH and Ms. Pixieblonde) are both fortunate and deserving of your envious thoughts, you should accept that you must earn such fashion. There will be new opportunity for both Men and Women of the clarklike, scottian and rogerian varieties, to earn such headcoverings.

Alright, enough with the hats already. They have theirs and you can get yours if you really want to, but we are not here, writing this to sell hats.

We are here writing this to sell* the Wakefield Doctrine (aka the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers).
And by *sell we mean present to as many as qualified** people as possible the principles and practical applications*** of said Doctrine.
And by **qualified we mean people who upon visiting this blog and reading it’s content are capable of loosening the grip of dogma  enough to allow the overlay of the description of the world that the Doctrine offers.
And by ***principles and practical applications of the Doctrine, we mean it offers an alternative, an adjunct to the way most of us interpret the actions, behaviors and intentions of the people we live and work and play with every day of our lives****.
And by****lives, we mean the increasingly rigid lens through which we not only perceive the world we exist in, but we also use  as the template which informs our experiences as we live our lives.

Let’s talk about practical applications (of the Doctrine)….the Doctrine tells us that only one of the three (clarks, scotts and rogers) consider a tool that is useful in altering themselves (and thereby their realities) to be a valuable thing. In other words to change themselves. You know who you are.
Another of the three will, if engaged sufficiently in the Wakefield Doctrine, consider the most valuable is as a tool to change others, changing the view that the world has of them.
Finally, the third (of the three) will view the Doctrine as a tool, a weapon, to aid them in dealing with the hostile world they live in.

Tired? Bored? You want what? Come on people, learn first then have fun.

(Alright…damn, I wonder if Rev Moon had to put up with this…alright…short break for you attention-span challenged Readers….I see you out there scott.    Jeez,  try to bring the Secret of the Universe to the masses and what do you get…”More videos!!” and they are not even mine, if it wasn’t for the youtube we probably would have been shut down months ago. OK here you go…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8z3cuHi5gOK back to work…

(Free hat to the Reader who correctly identifies which of the three Ray was; to enter you need to write a Comment at the bottom of this Post. You must tell us which Ray is (clark, scott or roger) and why that is the case.  Free hat to the first 5 correct responses recieved by 4:00 pm Monday March 8th)

OK. Back to work.

… lets get all Readers Digest on this thing.

clarks live inside their own heads because it’s all much better in there

clarks are the only (one of the three) to sincerely entertain the idea that it would be better to be someone else

clarks read a lot and to say that clarks daydream a lot is to totally go redundant

clarks work very hard at whatever they do but since we are bored very easily, do not do well at repetitive tasks

clarks are the creative one(s) of the three

clarks share, to a fault

clarks believe that if they work hard and help others unselfishly at some point they will no longer be different

‘knowledge is power’ is a keystone concept to clarks

It can be said that clarks can believe anything and therefore believe in nothing. (If you know what that means, you are a clark).
yeah here too, lets get all Readers Digest on this thing.

scotts are leaders (because they are certain, not necessarily right, but certain).

scotts are self-confident/self-assured/certain (which is why, of course, they are the leaders)

scotts are emotional in a way different from rogers, it is for the moment emotion, not much grudge holding

in a band it is always a scott who is the ‘front man’, (see leader above)

at a party scotts will not hesitate to introduce themselves (to everyone)

for the most part, when confronted with a threat or other fear-generating situation, a scott will choose to attack rather than flee

scottian females can be ridiculously sexy or quick witted, hardly ever both.

(female) scotts can be spotted because they have prominent throat tendons (ask us why)

One of the most useful metaphors in the Wakefield Doctrine is: grouping (when you have more than one of each type, what do the characteristics tell us about the individual?)

a group of scotts is a pack
you gotta like the form, its a fucking bullet list, but lets get all Readers Digest on this thing.

rogers are the friendly ones

rogers are the glue to whatever social fabric you might care to consider, civic, religious, scientific

rogers require rules and traditions, they are in fact the only ‘reason’ that history of human civilization has any continuity whatsoever

rogers are behind the creation or and perpetuation of virtually all human institutions, religious, civic, political whatever

rogers do not create, they maintain, they assemble, they are the machine operators

rogers are the engineers, accountants and physicians

rogers are the judges, the firefighters and high school teachers (except for gym teachers)

rogers believe in a quantifiable universe to such a depth that it is not seperable

when you are new to a neighborhood, rogers are the ones who come over to introduce themselves, and they will appear in a group ( herd), the scotts are the neighbors who always offer to help you with projects, scotts will feel comfortable asking to borrow and offering to lend things, but they will show up (at your house) alone.

Herds, rogers be in herds…

Well, that is helpful, no?

Alright, we have covered a lot of ground. No, there will be no questions from the floor, roger. The eyes I see have a distinct glaze.

But in all seriousness, read this shit and look around you today, right now. Pick one person only and decide whether they are a clark, scott or roger. And keep checking their behavior against the Doctrine. I guarentee that once you find one, the others will be much more obvious. You will probably spot a roger first, but any of the three will do. Personally, I think it would be easier and more fun to spend a little extra time and find your nearest clark. (The clarklike females are totally easy to spot). Don’t bother with which of the three you are at this point. Not important. You just want to spot the clarks, and the scotts and the rogers around you. Like one of those old puzzles in the back of kids magazines or Sunday supplements, “Find the tigers in the jungle”; once you discern the first pattern, the rest jump out at you.

Now don’t think we don’t know that which of the three (clarks, scotts or rogers) you happen to be, will have an effect on how you respond to this…but by virtue of the fact that you are still reading, still with us is proof that you have what it takes to apply the Doctrine in your own life.

Good luck, don’t forget the contest and don’t worry so much…

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 17, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Entering it’s twenty-third year of continuous expression (online), (sixteenth in the analogue non-virtual world), the TToT manifests the best and worst of the potential of the blogosphere.

For us here at the Doctrine (Wakefield Doctrine blog motto: “Still?!?! How is that even possible? By your own admission (and insistence) there are only three personality types in the whole thing. And those, you so slyly insist are, in fact, characteristic relationships’. Don’t even get us started on that… ok, your passive aggressive persistence has worn us down again. Go ahead hit us with your list. You will anyway.”) It speaks for its-own-self. Following is our list

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) geographical location i.e. close enough to the ocean to drive there ‘just because’

5) writing and such

6) bloghops Six Sentence Story and the Unicorn Challenge

7) The Day of The Doctrine Hoodie (see Grat 9 below) This is for illustration purposes.

and, of course, hats (for your damn head))

(hat photo courtesy of FOTD Alex )

8) something, something

9) So. The thing was, Denise and Cynthia and roger were on the call-in last night and the topic came around, (as it so often does), to beauty, pride and fashion. Naturally thought of hats and doc-tees (as seen in one of last week’s posts) and the Wakefield Doctrine hoodie stepped up stage center. The question is: which should be the first in a line of Doctrine-inferred clothing?

Vote in the comments below.

Please.

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 14, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise, governed by the Rule of Sixes.

(Dedicated, quite without permission or consent, encouragement or fore-knowledge, to Frank over at Poetry, Short Prose and Walking)

Prompt word:

BEAM

The dust cloud trailing the contractor’s truck billowed in silent resentment as the vehicle came to a stop, the more vengeful particulates slowing enough to partially-obscure the lettering on the driver’s side door: ‘F. Hubney & Son Remodeling and Renovation’ (and just below that), the Company motto: No mansion too large or rooms to numerous, we can prepare them.

The rough-framed house, being still in the museum-dinosaur stage, each room was readily identifiable, if not by holes in the floors to accept plumbing in the baths and kitchen then by the boxed in openings out to a patio or, where the contractor and his clients currently stood, in front of the nearly open wall through which the view of the ocean was almost unobstructed.

“We are more than happy with your work, Frank,” the woman stood to the left of the opening in the wall, the oversized header made it clear that it would be a picture window framing the ocean view, “what everyone told us when we first started this project was not only are you a good builder, but you have experience in dealing with unexpected problems,” she turned to look though the future window and the skeleton of a building growing between their home and the ocean.

“As you requested, I spoke to both the developer and his attorney and apparently your neighbors-to-be,” the contractor pointed with his ever-present rolled-up blueprint, “have met all the requirements both for square footage living space and design.” Pausing to allow the information to register with his clients, he continued, “Unfortunately, there are no visual easements attached to your lot that might protect the view, and, more to your concern, despite how unusual, the medieval castle-inspired architecture replete with water-features the new house might be, it does not violate any of the development’s covenants.”

“Regarding your desire to increase the size of this window to compensate for the building next door, while certainly doable, as your contractor I advise against it; were you to remove this beam it will be the moat in your neighbor’s yard that draws your eye.”

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 12, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

Quiet, please. Quiet. A Tuesday post. (a modest reflection on the Doctrine, a view of the familiar through eyes of the jaded; eschewing the repetition, lets see what we can do this grey September morn.)

Nothing earth-shattering in terms of novel-insights, transcendent descriptions or instantly convincing explanations of the working (and workings) of everyone’s favorite personality theory.

The Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on three characteristic relationships a person has with the world around them (and the people who make it up*). These are the relationship of (the):

clark (Outsider) as in, not a part of, something missing, don’t give yourself away or something bad might happen, the answer is information you missed very early on in life but if you can uncover it (without the people around you discovering your deficiency then there is a chance you can become a ‘real’ person
scott (Predator) lets go! screw the intellectual, subjective crap… when the last time the abstract imaginary world done anything for you? the minute you take your eyes off the world around you is the second you stumble and starve or trip and be over-come by the one coming up in your rearview
roger (Herd Member) sequence is everything how the hell can there be a Right Way if the sequence of action (or information (or process)) gets all jumbled-up You can’t Offer the Proper Life to anyone if it keeps changing, now can you?

* that ‘people who make it up‘ thing? heavy borrow from Castaneda and TA (no, scott! Transactional Analysis…known, back in grad school days simply as ta). What we take from both is that one way to view reality is as a story. We’re, all of us, silent Narrators of the story of Us and the World. And, despite the provocative ‘silent’ thing, we all, to varying degrees, are aware of the stories of those around us. And…and! As we hear the story from others, we are telling our own stories to everyone we encounter.

ok, so, sure, nothing radical or weird there. lol, hello clarks! don’t worry scotts and rogers with out-sized secondary clarklike aspects, it’s ok. nothing here that will usurp or upset the dominance of your predominant worldview, just a touch of ‘additional perspective’.