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RePrint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 15, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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Cold.

Need a jump start.

…RePrint

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ed. Chopped up the source Post. Kept the vid

Monday Morning Carrot Cake -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘I went down to the crossroads, tried to beg a ride’

March 7, 2016

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

Monday’s does a rather cool ‘hop. People are invited to send in something (they’ve done) in the way of expressing creativity. Of course, creativity is as creativity does, so zoe reaches out beyond the blogosphere and invites everyone and anyone to send samples of their efforts in on Mondays. très cool, non?

Anyway. Every gallery opening has, like hors-d’oeuvres and canapés (usually arranged on stainless steel serving dishes, following a clever thematic… er theme!), the Wakefield Doctrine brought the soda and little meatballs and such.

Our Contribution to (the) fun is, from September 2011, the following Roadtrip video:

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 1, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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Excellent Call-in this weekend

Cynthia and Denise

(a clarklike symposium on the topic of translating between predominant worldviews, aka what you hear the other person say is not necessarily what they said

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

The Wakefield Doctrine is an additional (and fun!) perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up.

Cliff Notes??!! what the heck do you think (these) posts are??

lol

Remember! There are no stupid questions! Only your questions.

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T-Minus Apocalypse -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 26, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

So, if we can agree that ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of Flattery’, (and surely the rogers will concur, albeit begrudgingly), then by extension ‘Repetition is the highest form of Self-Respect’!

Can we get a ‘boo-yah!’?

Still haven’t decided to post the traditional Wakefield Doctrine Thanksgiving post today or tomorrow.

Wait a second.

Yeah, we’ve decided.

Tomorrow.

Since you’ve invested this much time in our Wednesday post, (and we have psyched our ownselfs into some ‘how-easy-is-this?’ reprintage), what say we go and copy/paste (surely the motto of (the) early adolescence love relationship formation phase), something interesting and/or entertaining.

But in service of the moment (again!! adolescent ‘self-restraint’ lol)

From the beginning days. Actually it says, ‘August 21, 2009’ (permit us a ‘Damn! That was a while ago.)

FAQ(s) Wakefield Doctrine

I think sometimes I am (a scott) then other times I must be (a clark). Whats up with that?

You’re a clark.

Hey, wait you can’t be that sure on the basis of one question!

Yes I can. (I’m a clark)

The question you should be asking is, ‘why does it seems that sometimes we are one form, other times others’. And the answer is that we have the potential of all three, we just get in the habit of seeing the world one characteristic way, i.e. clark, scott or roger.

Is there any scientific basis for the Wakefield Doctrine?

No. (see the ‘About’ page.)

When I read this site, it seems like there is really only one person writing. Can that possibly be true? What happened to the collaborative thing.

Nothing.

I thought this was a FAQ pages, I don’t see all that many Questions.

…I’m waiting for a question… ‘what part of ‘Frequently asked questions’ are you brainiacs missing? There would be useful information if some of you scottian adhd cases or you middle-of-the-herd rogerian mouth-breathers would conquer your fear of anything that doesn’t already have a DYNAMO brand embossed label stuck to this blog letting you know that it was within your admittedly limited range of initiative and realise that you would not be struck down by Jethro were you to actually reach out and turn on your computer and asked a question.

Will there ever be new FAQ questions?

Yes, yes there will.

I heard that you have been doing this for nearly a year, what have you learned about the Wakefield Doctrine that you did not know when you started?

Which part of your statement are you calling a question? Rather than wait for you to move your lips as your try to re-phrase the question, I will answer this way. The Wakefield Doctrine appears to have an appeal beyond my immediate circle of friends, in fact, it appears to have sufficient appeal to out-weigh my meager writing skills. By presenting the Doctrine in a blog, the virtue and value of this thing is put to the test. And it seems to be passing that test.
What a well-thought out question.

What?

Never mind, you would not get it. Other aspects that you would not get is that the Doctrine is proving itself to actually be an effective tool in aid of an effort to change life habits. (Given the unlikelihood of your comprehending this answer I will continue), and say that anyone reading this with a true desire to ‘change their life’* should read this blog and do whatever they must do to get actively involved in it. This includes, but is not limited to: writing Comments.

*Is it true that if I have to ask the question, I will perforce be unable to understand the question?

Yes.

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Monday-not-Sunday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 3, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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Show of ‘hands’.

New Content?

RePrint post (…from the Golden Age of Doctrine posts)?

New…Golden Age… new…

OK! The Hands have it!

We’ll start with a couple of Doctrine ProTips and then find some post that takes us out to three-four hunnert words.

Doctrine ProTip
Primus

New Readers: ‘Warning! Warning. If you persist in ‘learning’ the fundamentals of the Wakefield Doctrine to a sufficient degree, you will be in a position to ‘see’ the clarks, scotts and rogers in your everyday life. No! Wait… that’s not the Warning! part. The Warning! part is that once you’ve gotten to this point of establishing the Wakefield Doctrine as an alternative perspective on the world around you (and the people who make it up)… you will not be able to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world.

ed. we feel better now. that’s the responsible thing to do with New Readers.

How about a really fun and practical insight into the world of a Doctrine neophyte?

Doctrine ProTip
Secundus

Ask someone, anyone* the following Question:

How Much is Two plus Two?

Spoiler Alert: In the case of one of the three** you’ll recognize their predominant worldview as soon as they answer.

…Out of time y’all. Sorry, we’ll keep that RePrint on hold.

Remember! Tell a clarklike friend to come and visit us here at the Wakefield Doctrine blog.

* as you learn this here Doctine here, your first extrapolation of the principles will likely be the insight that, of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine, aka the personality types, the person you try this on will define themselves by the initial response to your efforts. As in, ‘Jeez! Come on! This isn’t a trick question…roger

** the three predominant worldviews:

the Outside (clarks) arm’s length (in a subtle, polite but remarkably strong way) people you already know (or are)… they won’t get mad. Unless they do (Hint: only because you’re being kind of a jerk about it) and then…well, you’ll never see them leaving
the Predator (scotts) not so much ‘in your face’… well, ok, in your face, but mostly in a fun and amusing way… kinda like walking down a city sidewalk or in a crowded social gathering and getting your pocket picked by an extraordinarily attractive man/woman.
the Herd Member (rogers) they’re all around you! no, wait, if you’re new here that is not helpful. they’re all around you, which, as a clark you immediately think of the map of Canada***… if you’re a scott you’ll lick your metaphorical (or non-metaphorical) lips… smorgasbord heaven is all this is… or a roger yourself ‘What crowd, this is the Real World.’

*** the country, per Wikipedia with the most shoreline… ha ha

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “All right, Readers! Pencils……….Down.

October 22, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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ProTip: the clarks had finished, like, halfway through the allotted time, saved their uncertainty to this last moment, remembered that they decided, ‘Fuck that Those are my answers.’ and stored the experience away for a beat-self-up session at some point in the future. the scotts? they were doodling through the first half, stared at adjacent test takers and did something with their eyes and/or eyebrows (depending on the gender, inclination and reciprocal signals), wrote down whatever came to mind at the end of the silent recitation of each individual question… kept the pencil as a trophy and an ice breaker for whichever test-taker they decided to follow after time was up. the roger smiled at the beginning of the session upon recognizing that the format of the questions were the same as they visualized during their intense and prolonged preparation; happy that their time allotment matched the clock on the world, looked around the room, frowned at the clarks who had their test booklets closed halfway through the session and smiled confidently (and, somehow, confidentially) to the other rogers and scotts looking in their direction.