Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 14, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

The Everything Rule is terribly useful to those of us who strive everyday to practice the language (of this alternative perspective). As with any language, the more you practice, the more seamless the transition between your normal frame of reference (the ‘real’ world) and the description afforded us with the Wakefield Doctrine.

Glad you asked.

Went to the dentist this morning. Routine cleaning and such.

This, of course, got us on the theme of ‘most dentists are rogers‘.

Note: one of the lesser applauded benefits of the Everything Rule lies in how it cuts down on the ‘yeah, buts…’ of New(er) Readers. While we strive to not be hard on those new to our …language, we were all new once… (Who said that? ;p Sure, a valid retort is ‘I’m a clark, I was born old!’)

In any event all this got us to thinking of a way to provide a fun (and possibly) practical value to this, everyone’s favorite personality theory.

The heck with a serious and valid sounding set up!

If you have the choice:

get a rogerian dentist
be sure your primary grade children have at least one (though three is preferable) clarklike teachers
need a surgeon? look for an experienced scott
carpenter…. rough work/framing a scott will work
finish carpenter? a roger fer sure
defense attorney? scott
a counselor/therapist: in a hurry? a scott, not urgent, more for self-improvement a clark
swimming instructor: (for a child) clark, (for a teen) roger (for an adult) scott

we could go on all day… but we’ll welcome all additional input and suggestions

And, the thing about one type being ‘better’ than the other two?

No. Incorrect. Dispose of that, (you’ll need far more intellectual flexibility in your view of reality) it’ll only hold you back. It’s about the hierarchy of drives and needs as they manifest in each of the three predominant worldviews. Start with how they relate themselves to the world around them, then consider the character of the world that they exist in and there ya go

(Consider the profession of Librarian. a clark likes order, in the way you might desire a particular option when buying a new car, but the preeminent quality of the Outsider is curiosity and in adjunct to this drive to discover, clarks like to share knowledge. quid pro quo the best choice for librarian is a clark (not a roger, who on the surface may seem to have a high degree of organization… but the sharing is not there) …who said a scott? lol We, if the truth be told, would enjoy interacting with a scottian librarian)

Anyone else?

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Wednezdae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 9, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

Friend of the Doctrine Cyndi Calhoun stylin in a DocTee …step on over to www.artfunky.com an say hidy

Being loath to let too many days go by without a lesson in the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine and today being Wednesday, which as everyone knows is the unofficial start of the week’s Six Sentence Story bloghop, lets go with a RePrint.

Bottom lion?

the Wakefield Doctrine offers three different (but related) ways a person relates themselfs to the world around them. These are (as would):

the Outsider (clarks)
the Predator (scotts)
the Herd Member (rogers)

We are born with the predisposition to form these relationships. At a very early age we settle into one (of the three relationships). Our development as people is then begun, in the context of the character of our relationship with the world. clarks, being Outsiders are careful to avoid scrutiny and are determined to discover what everyone else seems to know about life; scotts, being Predators develop muscles (literal and metaphorical) to be more effective predators and less likely to be prey (to more powerful Predators) and rogers being Herd Members learn about people which as a class of things making up their world is important as forming and joining Herds is how they continue their mission to show everyone ‘the Right Way’.

We have one (predominant worldview aka personality type) but retain the potential of the other two.

Employing this perspective enables us to know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

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-the Wakefield Doctrine- “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a personality theory”

January 26, 2015

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

…we did mention that the Doctrine is anecdotal, right? above? …anecdotal football, if ever I saw one

(Today’s Post’s subtitle is, of course, (the) paraphrased tagline of a famous speech by football coach, Vince Lombardi. Given that we’re at the height of football season (Height of Football Season motto: “Open enrollment for the Herd!! you’re all rogers…. provided you’re willing to paint your face and tolerate near-criminal activity in the name of cheering for the home team!!!!” ).

Over the course of the weekend there were enough Reader remarks, comments, asides and vague innuendae about the understandability of the Wakefield Doctrine, that I thought, ‘What the hell, lets see if I can’t give a ‘This is the Wakefield Doctrine speech’.

Rather than go back and mine one of the 1268 Posts that, when all is said and done, are each an attempt to explain the Wakefield Doctrine in a manner that allows a New Reader to read, understand, apply and enjoy this here personality theory here, I thought… hey! it’s Sunday evening. Lets write a ‘new’ explanation of the Wakefield Doctrine!

the Wakefield Doctrine is a way of looking at the people in our lives, that can, when properly applied, lead to understanding them in ‘additional ways’. By ‘additional ways’, we mean… ‘what am I doing that is an integral aspect in how they are acting?

(…. “Ladies and Gentleman this is ‘an inflated leather spindle torus’” sorry, lol… I was trying to write ‘the speech’, but thought about the ‘setup’…post game speech… locker room… various states of dress…demographics of the current readership…. me standing on a bench (in that locker room)….lol) wait! wait! let me try again.

The Comments that got me on this theme (the basics of the Wakefield Doctrine, not the locker room) were:

“I’m still learning this clark roger secret rule thing… yes one day I will…” (Kimberly at ‘…something something’ )

” And remember, I am embracing my Clark-like self this week.” (Val of ‘Virtual Vineyard’)

“…thankful for your WD info and thankful to be understanding it more and better” (Lisa over at Meaning of Me’)

Let me try to be more reality tv show about this explanation. Kimberly (who, of the three, is the one I would bet would ‘call shotgun!’ first, is in the front seat and Val and Lisa are in the back and we’re driving through Wakefield on a Saturday night.**)

After driving past the Guild and heading into Wakefield proper, I look in the rear view mirror and begin:

the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective. It’s a way to see the world, it’s a way to understand the behavior of the people in our lives. It’s not an Answer, it’s a Question. And…. (hey!! Val!! please!!! no leaning out the window and shouting at the people in the CVS parking lot!!! come on! they’re on serious, old person/sick person business!! thank you. ) the Question is: ‘how does my spouse/the girl at the 7/11, / the Teacher who is shaping my 7 year old’s life/ the people I read about in the news… how do they appear to be ‘relating themselves to the world around them’?’ The Wakefield Doctrine proposes that we all live in a personal reality (aka worldview) that is characterized as (one) of the following:

live as ‘the Outsider’ (clarks) always apart from, different, trying to understand what it is they don’t understand, trapped by the belief that it is about knowledge

the world of the Predator (scotts) seemingly confident (always looking for threats and opportunity), active and impulsive running into doors as often as gallantly opening them, protective and paranoid

the life of the Herd Member (rogers) self-assured, as the world of the roger is one that is quantifiable/(and limited), knowable/(and ignorable) ordered and simple… searching only for ‘the Right Way’/ missing the enjoyment of the un-expected and strange

What the Wakefield Doctrine refers to as ‘personality types’ is simply the skill set we develop in order to successfully cope with the reality that we find ourselves growing up in and living our lives in … (‘no Kimberly… we can’t stop for donuts…. we have to drive to Galilee next…. yes, Lisa I will try to walk on the water… very funny’). So what we are saying with the Doctrine is this: understand the three worldviews, infer how the other person is relating themselves to the world around them and they will do the rest. No, I’m serious! Ask anyone! Once you start to see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your life, they will ‘act the part’ to a degree that is sometimes a little scary. But fun.. The goal of all of this is: to try to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

It takes imagination. It takes the kind of curious mind that not only is capable of, but enjoys imagining that a person is a Predator (figuratively) or creative perfectionist or… or even the person who is ever the Outsider, but always manages to be a part of…secretly, of course!

…ok everyone out! we’re back.

** which, by the way, is not a symbol, metaphor, allusion or made up place… there is a Wakefield, Rhode Island and I do drive through it on virtually every Saturday Night***

*** doing the Wakefield Doctrine Saturday Night Drive Call-in….

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 7, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

Heading towards the middle of summer vacation! Time to kick back and rummage through the old mail bag (or, to be a bit less olden, the Comments folder).

From Friend of the Doctrine, Mimi: (in a Comment to our Unicorn Challenge post)

He’s your best friend…until he isn’t.

The Doctrine’s Reply:

lol
(Thanks for mentioning that. That element to the relationship between clarks and rogers is one of the true gifts of the Wakefield Doctrine (being the predominant worldview that you are, I don’t need to go into a long explanation… the Doctrine refers to it (what rogers do to clarks) as ‘Lashing Out’. The gift (from the Doctrine) is the realization that despite what our primitive Outsider minds might try to convince us of, it is not our fault or responsibility. It is what rogers do (when they don’t feel well, or feel under-appreciated). Being of the world of emotion, their ‘gift’ is to be capable of identifying the thing within the clark (at that moment) that will inflict maximum pain.
It loses most of it’s power once the clarks accept that it is them, not us.)
briefly of course, lol

From Frank Hubney comes this

I like how Hazel does her job.

The thing about scotts such as Hazel, is they are easy, if not potentially quite expensive, to like. They are direct. Although we would say, ‘Uncompromising’ but that’s beyond the scope of how a scott relates to the world around them. Think about any hungry predator. If they’re not sleeping or just pulled up Tinder on their phones, they are always hungry. Can you imagine a subjective debate in the mind of scotts: ‘I don’t know. That would looks sad, I’d rather spare her the trauma. and that one’s too young… lol

From Misky:

I differ: I am not loud. People often respond with, “What?!” … which I assume is an issue related to the volume of my voice rather than the gist of what’s said.

(note this is to a our Reply to her comment (on the latest Ian Devereaux Six):

“note scotts don’t need to memorize stuff… they’ll make sure you pay attention to what (-ever) it is that’s important to them at the moment) lol

Of course, there are many ways to be ‘loud’. lol (Plus….plus!! there’s a little thing called ‘the Everything Rule’)

Excellent questions and observations!

The beauty part about the Wakefield Doctrine is that it is grounded in ‘how we relate ourselves to the world around us (and the people who make it up)’. The fun part is that it offers a mere three characteristic relationships:

the Outsider (clarks) who live to discover the missing piece
the Predator (scotts) who live to live
the Herd Member (rogers) who live to feel their way to understanding the Right Way

as we often say, “The Doctrine is for you, not them.” And this, like everything else in the world (for all but children and the willfully uninformed) means what we allow it to mean. Consistent with our needs.

We also say (about the Wakefield Doctrine): ‘You can’t get it wrong’.

This is simply a reinforcement of the idea that the relationships that are the heart of everyone’s favorite personality theory are subjective. At least at first blush.

We also say, ‘the Wakefield Doctrine is helpful and it is fun’. ’cause it is. We see the people in our world, apply the additional perspective offered by the Doctrine and are able to know more about the other person than they know about theyselfs.

Thanks again to our commentationers!

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2 day or not two day -the Wakefield Doctrine

July 1, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

way late this am…. here’s a quick RePrint

will post-script y’all on the pm side

If a mirror is not handy, then find yourself among the people you meet today’, the Wakefield Doctrine: once you start seeing clarks, scotts and rogers…they won’t go away

October 16, 2012

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

The Wakefield Doctrine is a unique insight into the behavior of the people in our lives (and outside of our lives). The Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on the fact that everyone lives in what amounts to a ‘personal reality’ (aka a worldview).¹ For the Reader willing to accept this premise, we offer three characteristic worldviews that account for: you, me, the person who woke you up this morning, the Physician who will change your life in a single statement, the child you remember being on the perfect Halloween Evening, the woman who said she would love no other, the Teacher who you hated, the man who promised to return, the dreams of the future, the regrets of the past and your smile (to yourself) that you are still reading this thing.

The characteristic worldviews are (that of):

the Outsider, you wake up each day knowing that the world is ‘out there’ and you are ‘here’, you are creative and funny and have an insatiable appetite to learn things, anything, for the joy of discovery and in the (secret) hope of learning the secret of how to be ‘a part of’ to not be the Outsider. This is the clark personality

the Predator, you wake up each morning hungry…physically, spiritually, socially, sexually. A scott, (this is the personality type that naturally results from living in the worldview of the Predator), is always on the move, always alert, aggressive, fun to be with, mercurial, loud, un-shy and outlandish. It is said of the scottianindividual, “I scream, therefore I am”

the Member of the Herd, as a roger you are confident in the rightness of the world and constantly worried about sufficiently understanding the proper way to live, you are a social genius, you are a very encouraging listener and an inveterate gossip. You believe that Reality and the Universe is quantifiable and governed by Rules, your understanding of these Rules invests you with Power and Responsibility to everyone you encounter, rogers are responsible for Civilization and the Spanish Inquisition, the stability of governance and the Salem Witch Trials

The theory (of the Wakefield Doctrine) is that we are all born with the capability to live in one of these three worldviews and that at an early age (3-5), we all settle into what becomes our predominant worldview. Although this predominant worldview becomes our defining reality, we never lose the capacity to act as we would if we were in the ‘other two worldviews’. This is why many people, upon first trying out the Doctrine, write in and say, “Hey, I know my type, but there are times when I act like one of the other two! What the hell?” This is the example of what we call a secondary aspect, where a person ’employs’ a characteristic of the non-dominant worldviews to deal with a situation. It is usually a passing thing, nothing to be alarmed about.²
The Wakefield Doctrine is not only unique, it is easy to use! It does not ask questions, does not require the individual (you, the Reader, who else would we mean??!) t0 complete a survey or describe their likes, dislikes and favorite colors. There is no math to be performed, no charts or graphs (“…your personality type is somewhere on this scale that runs from 0 = Savior of Mankind to 10 = Geez, what a jerk!”)
The Wakefield Doctrine simply maintains that your personality is the natural result of your growing up, developing and living in one of the three worldviews.
The Wakefield Doctrine is not only unique and easy, it is fun! If you learn the characteristics of the three personality types, go out into your day today, you will see at least one clark and one scott (and by inference a bunch of rogers), and they will act just like we describe in these Pages. So go out, try it and come back and say “Hey Make it stop now!! Sure this is a valid insight, but my husband!! he is such a roger! I can’t stop giggling when he tries to tell me how great a hobby that (genealogy, re-enacting, bicycling is). Make it stop!”

Thats it for today.

Thanks for behaving! We have a group of new people here today (yes, those odd locations in the feedjit, the whispering in the back of the classroom) not to worry! Most will leave as soon as the Tour bus gets here. Sure, why not? “Now,everone say hello to all them folks what came by from Bloppy Bloggers!

1) nothing weird, really! We are not saying that reality is what you want it to be ( well, we actually do say that) and we are not proposing that the world at large is less real and concrete than your personal world, (err..better hold that thought too) and we are so not saying that this is a personality theory that requires the user to have a certain, special quality that combines intellectual confidence and a desire to imagine what if? (damn! 3 for 3…back up to the Post now, enough about you, this is about how the Wakefield Doctrine will make your today much more interesting).

2) actually this business of secondary aspects holds the key to the Wakefield Doctrine being used as the best of self-improvement, self-development tools! But that’s for later, this is an introduction to the Doctrine, yo.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 28, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

The is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. A ‘grat blog’ by any other name… (well, it is summer, so gratuitious and, in all likelihood inappropriate citing of Shakespeare notwithstanding), we will suggest you, (the Reader), stop by the others who are thumbnail’d at the bottom of this post, (yeah, anyone who just had a audiovisual of Homer Simpson) Damn! we want you at this ‘hop. Serially! If you have a blog, write a list of the Ten Things (or Places or People) that come to mind and link it at the bottom. You’re totally the, (whatever), kind of blogger that would enhance our weekly get together. In fact, if you join in this week we will totally give you, free of all owage, two free Grats!! You herd that correctly! Two free Grats*

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) * hey, we try to not self-referential ourselfs… but the image at the top of this post? two words: lol. We’re totally grateful for the four or five thousand images we’ve accrued over the years… WP lets us, like, spin the wheel, (of Time), just to see what comes up at random. (Full Disclosure: images are saved to month/year resulting in quite the ‘card file’ (Sorry, milens… referring to ancient tech). Today we ended up with John William Waterhouse’s ‘Hylas and the Nymphs‘. (We totally lack an informed appreciation of the ‘painting pitchas’ branch of the arts (nick‘s from the Café is our go-to guy on that stuff). But, to our imagined credit, we did think, after doing our ‘research’ (a clark’s Survey of the Arts degree from RIJC), we thought, with a smile, ‘Hey! Parrish… Waterhouse called and he wants his pastels back!’

5) a review! …sorry, got ahead of ourselfs… Friend of the Doctrine, cai wrote (and posted) a review of my story ‘the Case of the Missing Starr an Ian Devereaux Mystery’ how cool is dat?

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop

8) had a decent week of landscaping (hard to appreciate in the photo) but the left-hand view corridor past the cottage (on the left behind the pine trees) down to the tree house (far right in the distance) is much more comprehensive.

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 “…when compilin[g] a Grat List, the approach, both in terms of completion and satisfaction, of the final Grat (‘in limine’ Lat); the feeling of relief, satisfaction at the soon-to-be-completed list is a valid Grat Item for inclusion (traditionally Number 10) ibid op. cit.”

*some restrictions may apply. Current Hostinae and their family are not eligible… unless you sign up to be a host (sure)

music vids

sure, the ’80s and MTV introduced the music video to an audience who, for reasons less encouraging, were rather simple. With the turn of the Century, it really came into its own.