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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s weekly contribution to Lizzi R’s legacy bloghop, the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT). Created by our founderess in 1885. The less said, the better.

Anywho… we have a bloghop, of a genre oft-referred to as a gratitude blog (or Grat Blog) in which Readers and Writers are invited to share a list of Ten Things (or people, or places, or, of course, events) that have elicited the state of Gratitude or appreciation thereof such a condition.

For the Doctrine this week, our list:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the non-snow-infested time of the year often referred to as Summer

5) completion of the first major landscaping project of the year;

Before

After

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) the utube for remaining a place to find most enjoyable channels for those moment between sweaty and sleeping (GP reference, if you please)… this week we stumbled across the channel: exurb1a. To check real quick if you’re checking this out would then be a Grat for your own list, here’s a link to a fun vid on the site:

8) our favorite prehistoric plant form (thistle)

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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Friedae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 10, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Well, this week’s Doctrine posts have been a fun! Charitably subtitled as: Comments-as-thesis-posts-built-around-them-like-bent-nail-scrap-lumber-tree-house-of-a-momentarily-unselfconscious-clark.

Shout-out to Frank for his (un-intentionally provocative Comments that provided a flat square of scrap plywood to be found at the edge of the metaphorical swampy-marshy area of the terrain of weekdays during Summer vacation) when we resolve to remember to explain to new Readers this wonderful(ly) alternative perspective on the world, reality and our commitment to getting through the day… ‘in language that everyone here can easily understand’

Friday?

Summer School?!

well, it would be cruel and unusual (well, cruel, anyway) to not treat any New Readers to a filmstrip! (ok, a video. and if the term ‘filmstrip’ carries any meaning to you, well, welcome to the Hypo-youth Culture! lol)

here ya go

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

Well, do you?

Well, before we get into what that word is, about today’s video Post. Pretty good, right? You will be Commenting in the form of a video (though audio is acceptable), won’t you? To reinforce the ‘message’ of the video Post, we are totally serious about the fact that when we talk about personal realities we mean real…. reality. Not… “well I feel like yelling out during a movie!” or ” I think you look great in that dress and no one will notice your complexion, believe me” or even ” I really will work hard on getting a job, it will all work out for the best.”

We’ll revisit this aspect of the Wakefield Doctrine more frequently going forward, as we now have Considerer and Michele and (the others) asking the hard questions.

So the word.

It’s an innocent enough word. More than innocent, this word is often considered to be one of positive meaning and intent, a hopeful word, an optimistic word. But as a loan shark is to your local bank, the price of the loan is always higher than the value secured.
The word is ‘maybe’.
In the hands (or on the tongues) of clarks, the word is meant well. “It is a good job, maybe I’ll get it“. Perhaps because, when clarks look at the world we see people and institutions, groups and family members who, while certainly not intending us harm, (they all) clearly know something that we don’t know. “Maybe I don’t want to be a doctor, maybe I really want to find my own way”. The words we use when describing the world we find ourselves in, are picked with the hope of blending in, looking to be a member or, one of the guys/one of the girls. “I think I should ask her out, maybe I’ll wait until a better time” “How many times do we have to discuss this, maybe next time you’ll listen to me”

Not really sure what it was that struck me about the use of the word ‘maybe’, it just seems that it has a certain resonance when employed by clarks. It is a word that lets us ‘commit without committing’, a word designed to insulate us from disappointment. clarks fear disappointment almost as much as we fear fear. More in a way. Fear can be run from. Disappointment is a sentence of reduced possibility. And if clarks are anything, we are people who believe that having possibilities is the difference between a possibly happy life and a life where we still have options. In a sense, as long as we have the possibility (of something) there is hope. Maybe.

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Wezday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 8, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

We had such a good time reviewing the basics of everyone’s favorite personality theory with Frank in yesterday’s post, we couldn’t help but think, “Lets continue on this theme! Who knows what we’ll learn next?!”

Mr. Frank, as they say in Proverbs 18:15, you’ve done well JV, time to move up to Varsity. What’cha got for us?

That does sound like scotts: “they will totally employ the diminutive form of a person’s name” Rogers wouldn’t see the point in using the diminutive form of the name. Clarks could see the point, but realize there are more clever ways to make the point.

ok. ready for this? the diminutive name thing for scotts? A manifestation of dominance drive/need to establish ranking in the personal reality of Predators.

We agree with our friend that rogers don’t see a point, (in the use of diminutives), as their predominant worldview, that of the Herd Member, is not so linear.

That said, speaking of idiosyncratic approach to names… rogers, of the three personality types, are the ones most likely to give inanimate objects names/nicknames… ‘specially cars.

It’s true!

The reason? Expansion/expression of the Herd.

Quick Review: rogers live in the personal reality of the Herd Member. The binding force in their world is ‘association’, which provides confirmation, validation and explanation. Existing, as they do, in a world that is quantifiable (and therefore finite) every roger has a ‘sense of the world’. It is, collectively, everything he/she knows of themselves and, by extension, all things that reflect his/her sense of self.

While our scottian friends might say, “I scream, therefore I am”

Our rogerian companions say, “More is more.”

Hey! Come on! What manifests the quantifiable nature of reality more effectively than… quantity.

ProTip: in the personal reality of a roger, the Herd exists because she/he feels it. ‘We’re not alone’ isn’t a suspicion, it’s an article of faith (about the nature of reality). The Herd includes people. places, things. It is the ultimate nickname. As a scott needs to establish a ranking, a roger always celebrates association. They are the Bacon in the Six Degrees of Separation principle.

Reminder: the Doctrine is all about how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it up. This relationship is established at the earliest of ages and therefore becomes the reality that we develop our personality to cope with/ survive in/negotiate/and live our lives. One per lifeform, yo. One.

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Tewseday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 7, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

Thanks out to Frank for the following Comment (in reaction to Monday’s Doctrine post)

This is beginning to make sense: “clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel”

awwll…right! Frankie!*

Perhaps the simplest of all distinguishing characteristics of the three predominant worldviews.

Fun Fact: advanced students (should be able to) demonstrate the ability to spot a strong secondary clarklike aspects in a scott. (Need to be way careful not to be spotted examining a scott. Seriously. Stare at any domestic animal with excessive intensity, see what that gets ya. And they’re your friends.)

So… the photo at the top of this post.

Now that we think of it¹, if we ever get to the level of visitors that warrants screening those who should enjoy the insight and advantage in the matter of human nature, aka Wakefield Doctrine U. all we’d need to is ‘hold up’ the photo and say, “Identify the clark, scott and roger in this here pictcha here.’

New Readers ~~~First Time Visitors

We have good news and we have better news!

The Good News: if you’ve made it this far, there’s a very good …. no, let’s not be coy, if you’ve read (from the top to the bottom and not just skipped to the bottom to find out if the good guy gets killed), you’re a clark. Welcome

The Better News: if’n you’re still reading in a slow, steady sequential pace, then you’re more-than-likely possessed of what is called a significant secondary clarklike aspect. Not to worry. It’s a good thing.

*our scottian secondary aspect**

** a clue to identifying scotts: given half a chance they will totally employ the diminutive form of a person’s name

ha ha

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 6, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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Slow-typing Monday. Let’s not fight it, shall we? (lol)

Tool kit. Action Plan. Social Strategy

What is the value of the Wakefield Doctrine?

nah, too… Mutual of Oh Mama…let’s try this:

*explanations are to clarks as sex is to scotts and tradition is to rogers*

Better.

Got the patina of a morning-after Clearsil ya know? without being too ‘you can’t stay in bed all day’

(sad commentary when your Curator needs to warm-up in order to go looking for a RePrint post to brush-away all the white space on this Monday morning’s Doctrine post draft.)

ok…ok hold on (hey are we the only ones who have mornings when the ability to type vanishes like confidence when making a morning after telephone call?)

yeah…

here we go. (“Service Department, please. What? Sorry, wrong number.”)

Random Monday the Wakefield Doctrine (if this were organized like a real personality theory, you’d have to pay for it)

August 11, 2014

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

So we (Cyndi and Denise and yours truly) were talking on the WDSLDR Call-in this Saturday. The topic was, superficially, about rogers, but in actuality, it was about clarks.

…because, the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them

we came to the conclusion that, prior to entering a new situation, most clarks prefer to know more (about the situation) rather than less. Sometimes this is a reasonable ambition, other times it is not. When it is not, clarks tend to retreat into their heads, in an effort to ‘figure out’ their best approach to the situation. Of course, this tactic will result in our clark not actually participating in the actual events. With this non-attentiveness to the reality we are in, our status of being the Outsider is totally assured. So, as we discussed on Saturday, how do you properly prepare for events that lie in the future and are therefore not completely knowable? (We rolled down the windows and yelled and hooted at a car full of kids from school going in the opposite direction.*) We were using, as the example of this principle, the new work situation that Cyndi was facing at the start of the new year. Most telling was that it was ‘knowing the people’ that she was going to be expected to work with (and in some cases, direct and manage). While we (Denise and me) were no help with the particulars of her work environment, it did occur to us that:

…with the Wakefield Doctrine, you (or me) or maybe just Cyndi, already knows everyone she is going to be working with, even if she has never met them before that first day… they will be clarks or there might be a scott there (probably not two, at least not in the same work environment) and a whole bunch of rogers. so, ‘fear of the unknown? not for this clark!’

We laughed, in part (or in whole), at the realization that, even after years of study, the Wakefield Doctrine still had new insights to offer!

Our conversation continued well past the normal cutoff time of the Saturday Night Drive (8:00 to 8:45 pm EDST). So, if you are in possession of a telephone next Saturday Night give us a call! It’s fun and informative and you will benefit!

with the insights afforded by an understanding of the (principles) of the Wakefield Doctrine, you will never need find yourself saying, “How could they say such at thing? I really thought I knew them better than that!”

…clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

rogers organize parties, scotts are the most sought after guests and clarks find themselves there, despite their best efforts to the contrary

You know that old aphorism …or chestnut or, ‘come here son, I have something about Life to tell you’, thing about ‘if you have a job that you need done, ask a…’? Well, the Wakefield Doctrine says:

if you need it done right as soon as possible and you don’t care how neatly, or carefully (or correctly) done it is……… ask as scott

if you need it done, don’t mind not getting credit for it being done and don’t care how long it takes to get done………. ask a roger

if you need it done and you’d rather be doing something/anything else and you don’t care if it is completely done (better than you had hoped) or completely done…….ask a clark