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2-ooze dé -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 7, 2026 By 1 Comment

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

Seeing how we’re in a Back-to-Basics theme this week, lets get all, ‘these-are-some-of-the-certainties-of-the-Doctrine:

  • clark (the Outsider) …”not a problem, we’ll gladly accept these certainties…until the next set comes along.”
  • scott (the Predator) “what are you talking about? you run away from us? we chase/ you run at us we fight, pretty simple, isn’t it?”
  • roger (the Herd Member) “now you’re talking our language! have a seat we’ll tell you everything we need you to know.”

that (bullet list)? We’ll leave it un: tended/edited/refined, ’cause the Wakefield Doctrine is the kind of thing that if you get it, you enjoy it. If not, can’t be helped.

We, all of us, have one, (and only one), predominant worldview. It is: the context/conditions/biases against which we, when tiny, little babies develop: the social strategies/interpersonal style/way-to-get-through-life schema.

By this, (the above), definition, we all have the perfect (or best-we-could-do) personality types. They are geared to the personal reality that we all, individually: grew up/matured in/and made the best of.

The ‘other two personality types?’ They are within us and have the potential to become significant influences in: our lives/interpersonal interactions/efforts to live well.

Needless to say, (well, as far as the clarks reading this), there are no: hybrids/mutations/sports when it comes to predominant worldviews/personality types in the Wakefield Doctrine perspective.

ProTip/Insider Info/’Don’t-tell-anyone-but-I-like-you scoop, the greater the degree of enthusiasm/fervor/desire to be accepted as this special case deserving acceptance by others, the likelihood this person is one of the three approaches lead-pipe cinch status. (Won’t tell anyone. …ok, just a hint:  the predominant worldview we’re referring to rhymes with roger,

mums the word.

questions?

thanks and a shout-out to one of the leading Students of this here Doctrine here, our friend Cynthia (totally stylin’ in a Wakefield Doctrine T at the top of the post)

 

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Remedial Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 1, 2026 By 5 Comments

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

Hey! Here’s an unexpected opportunity!

We enjoyed the comments of Readers of yesterday’s Post.

(wait for it… need to context this before we commit to a topic today… ok, see the Comments at the bottom of this post. as PediaLibria*)

Given how we were the ones to go with the Teacher/Class scenario, the only reasonable approach with today’s post is to go with ‘the Everything Rule’: occupation/avocation/profession of teacher.

Damn!

We all got an ‘F’ on (our writing/responses) to yesterday’s Post.

Full Disclosure: Had not anticipated our doing such a poor job of presenting the one thing… the one thing, that ever one focus’d on to address in their Comments. What we, your Curator, must now come to grips with is… our reaction to this turn of events. (clarks reading this will, no doubt be typety-typling… “Now don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s only one post.” (or scotts) “Hey! Chill out. It’s only one fuckin’ post among, what 18? lol ok 3,000… but who’s counting?” (or) (rogers) “Hate to tell you this, but it’s not that big a deal. You’re no different than the rest of us. We’ll forgive you.”

ok! direct response: One of the miracles/gifts of the Wakefield Doctrine, (vis á vis being a clark) is that, when it comes to the normal self-consciousness reaction to public failure, (‘we all got an F’) from the first post of this blog, we were been given a pass. (In the words of very early Doctrine posts: ‘Bad post? Write another one. Bury that sucker’)

That said, we totally value/appreciate our correspondent’s time, effort and participation. No matter what.

This occupation per the Everything Rule: clarklike teachers? kindergarten up to mid-elementary/college; scottian teachers? high school phys.ed./shop/vice principle and rogerian teachers: junior high/high school

As to our poorly set-up question yesterday, the one involving addition and such? We suspect that a better way to frame the question would be: 2+2=? Properly done it will distinguish a clark from a roger:

‘What’s two plus two?

  • scott: (laughing) “You fuckin’ clarks“
  • roger: “Four!”
  • clark: “In what context?”

 

ok recess, binyons

* PediaLibria (Lat. tarsus informalus )

  1. cai:Thank you for giving me a guest appearance.
    I meant I have to search for my herd who understand the basics of outbound linking and receiving external links.
    Like you mentioned before, anyone has a mix of all three personality traits. I tried to appeal to a trait in there who can take a fancy to a method. :)
    I understand the message. For a short time, I was dealing with some realtime ruckus in my corner of woods. Hopefully I can resume reading & commenting again.
  2. Mimi: Two-two, of course. ;)
  3. Misky: Depends. If it’s 2 drops of water plus 2 drops of water then it equals 1 puddle.

 

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 31, 2026 By 4 Comments

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

Good Morning, class.

New Readers? Please open your, ‘Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine’ booklets that you received at orientation and read quietly to yourselfs.

Today’s post is very much AP Doctrine.

A topic, hell, a thesis has been suggested by our Friend cai. Her Comment:

Rogers and Scotts are wary of bloggers trying to promote bloghops. I have to search for my herd.

Thanks! cai

This Comment embodies a number of opportunities to advance our understanding and subsequent practice (of) the additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up) that is the Wakefield Doctrine.

where to begin….where to begin…

What we believe we know about our correspondent is their goals/methods to solve a problem using the Doctrine:

First cai feels she is a roger (“I have to search for my herd”) ok, nothing(ish) wrong with being a roger. (lol)

In the spirit of our Herd Member friends, lets get all bullet-point on this bad boy/girl

  • first, though, one of the original ‘Rules’ of the Wakefield Doctrine: you are the only true authority for designating your predominant worldview. no one can compel another to accept an assignment of (one of) the three personality types. that said, it is common practice to name others for the purposes of education, illustration and edification. these people, usually celebrities, are not in the room at the time
  • we accept cai’s self-designation
  • the unspoken challenge here is huge! this Comment/Question/Statement of Personal Reality is in writing. In a very real sense that makes it simpler, if not easier, to parse
  • everyone! take out your three phrase books (“I think they’re speaking a language I don’t understand” and “What the fucks the matter with these jamokes?!! oh, yeah I get it… sure, I know that word!! This is fun!” and “What’s wrong with these people? Wait. A. Minute. They think their bunch of words is a language. First thing is organize the nouns and verbs and participles. Then we can help them understand the Right way to speak!“)
  • ok… this horse (Jument, Equus, Caballo. 馬) is totally beaten into the ground
  • lets leave off with a few Doctrine tools for determining predominant worldviews… nah, lets go with our single most favorite and efficacious one

Ask the person the following question. Note: this can be done in writing or in person. The latter is preferable as you can see their reaction in real-time and know if’n they’re trying to game the system. The former, (in writing), is still useful but requires a higher level of Doctrine understanding. Their written response will tell us what they really think/do/feel. In fact, when dealing with communicating through a Comment/Reply format there is a single insight that will always indicate a roger on the other side of the interaction. Being way, way advanced a Doctrine insight/tool, it is available only by email. Not as a Comment/Reply

The Question:

How much is two plus two?

Answer key in the first Comment here (later) today.

 

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [a Rosetta Storme and the Sophomore Six]

March 25, 2026 By 23 Comments

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

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

Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.

Previously…

Prompt word:

MARCH

“I trust you have all the wtfs out of your system and we can have a constructive conversation,” the voice in the Audi’s sound system was confident, casual and, had the driver been anyone other than Rosetta Storme, quite scary in a “But we’d like to run a few more tests before we discuss our findings,” sorta way.

“First off, don’t know any of the whys and wherefores regarding your little friend’s non-responsive state, but I believe my experts when they tell me that your Ethan, having metaphorically marched off to 1973 is currently beyond our reach, he’s as safe as any of us, unless the car gets jacked but we’re still in rural Pennsylvania, so what’re the chances of that happening… unless you’re planning on taking a side trip through Amish country.”

“For the record, What the Fuck?!” Rosetta’s effort at a stern push-back faltered as simple, non-sinister laughter filled the interior of the car; feeling the start of a grin, the younger woman continued, “What is this Time Mechanism thingie we’re supposed to intercept that has my uncle Lou so concerned for my well-being? And while we’re on the topic, are you telling me you can protect me from a secret society of killer nuns who, when not running soup kitchens and feeding the poor in Whitechapel and Mother-Theresa-ing the starving children of Monrovia are going to take over the world?”

“Gotta be honest, I like your style chica… we’ll have fun and, if you don’t disappoint me, I might find a way to rescue your Sophomore…before he gets stuck in some time loop and your only hope to get romantic with him again will involve a boatload of sildenafil citrate and a weekend pass from the staff at the Happy Trails Nursing Home.”

 

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 24, 2026 By 2 Comments

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

we don’t normally do a ‘caption this’…but as a result of a search for images: Socratic Method’ is this image. Seriously, who doesn’t want to magic marker the figure at the far-right, “Jesus Christ… enough with the ‘Let me ask you this…”

so, thanks again to the Comment section for a topic for the ‘mildest day of the (work)week’, Tuesday.

Specifically, Mimi for her Comment on yesterday’s Post:

It’s not a matter of wanting to change, or be like others, it’s a matter of being able to relate to them on their terms when needed, and it’s needed a lot.

All kidding aside, our Friend of the Doctrine points to the linchpin of the process of using the Doctrine as a tool, as opposed to a party trick.

New Reader Warning: The following is totally AP Doctrine Theory and Practice. Which means: check your work. You’ll be expected to grade your own test. More critically, and this applies to the implication of Point 2 below, while it is true that when it comes to the Wakefield Doctrine, ‘you can’t get it wrong’…. you totally can diminish the efficacy and value of it as a tool for your ownself.

Two things: three people? potentially three personal realities. three realities? three different manifestations of the same experience. three manifestations? three different forms of the message.

Fine.

But…but!! Being curated by a clark, one thing jumps out at us: a) we all have access to a trilingual dictionary and, with effort, practice and diligence can learn the native language of ‘the other two’ and; 2) if we are trying to translate what we hear them say into our native language, we are, perforce, confronted with the opportunity to look objectively at what ‘we think we mean.’ To/of thine ownself be learnin’

ten four, eleanor

 

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