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Monday-Reprint Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 1, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

The earliest August 1st post, from 2010

(We’d do a brief review of Doctrine highlights that were discussed in the course of the weekend, but you’ve already read them. …wait, one from Saturday, to a clark in the very early stages of contagion: “Be careful if you decide to tell your rogerian friend/spouse/co-worker about this thing of ours. Under no circumstance tell them when there are more than the two of you in the room. Further, even if you’re alone with the roger in question, do not exhibit too much un-alloyed enthusiasm. Under no circumstance open with, “There’s this personality thing, it incredibly cool and insightful and true about everyone!”)

(Follow-up to previous secret advice. You’ve succeeded in describing the Doctrine to your friend. Being a clark you’re already extrapolating the principles and seeing things in a whole new, totally fun way. Of course you suspect your friend of being a roger. If you get too ‘ain’t this fun?’ expect to have them return and say, “Sorry, I studied that blog and read all the principles and I get it. It’s pretty interesting. The only problem is that it doesn’t work. I’m either a fourth type, combination of the three and something else or I’m one of the three sometimes and the other two other times.“)

(Smile to your rogerian friend and know that there are clarks out there who you might carefully encounter and eventually, with luck, aim in the direction of this thing. They’ll take it from there. And, for being an Outsider, that will be kinda make all this well worth the effort .)

Reprint 2010

you would think this would get easier, but nooo

August 1, 2010

‘ello.
Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers).
If you are new to our site, the “About” is probably the best place to start. If you are still reading after that, you possess the qualities that mean you will no doubt enjoy the Posts. There is no “order” to the Posts other than chronological and mood swings, but you would get that pretty much right away. The Archives pull-down is a useful way to get a sense of what we are trying to do here.
And don’t ignore the “Pages” in the Table of Contents! These are parts of the blog that have not received much attention from us in a while, were originaly intended to be the ‘reference resource’ for the whole thing, but all the effort seems to have gone into these Posts. Whatever. The information, in the form of definition and examples of the three types of personality, is all to be found in the Pages. Includes pictures of clarks, scotts and rogers.The Wakefield Doctrine is a unique, fun and productive way to look at the behavior of others, with this “Doctrine” or “theory” you will finally understand why the people in your life behave the way that they do. (This pre-supposes that you do not know why they behave the way that they do and, further, pre-pre-supposes that you feel the need to understand why they behave the way that they do.) All of the stuff in the parentheses here, if applicable, makes you a clark. If you neither care about understanding or just skimmed over this whole section, then you are a rogeror a scott “respectively”.Otherwise, the people who come here to read, appear to like the videos (music and otherwise) and also enjoy reading about the lives of the students at Millard Fillmore High. You will also see reference to those we call, Friends of the Doctrine, blog writers extraordinaires.
Finally, there will be Comments, following interesting Posts that offer insight into the Doctrine as well as offering helpful perspectives on the whole thing.
Sometimes.(We also try to do a Lesson of the Day which is an illustration or application of the Doctrine that helps the Reader see the clarks, scotts and rogers in their own lives.)Well then, that should bring you up to speed. The rest you will catch on to long before you get bored and leave.
Hat! Damn! Almost forgot to tell you about the hats (for your damn head). We have Wakefield Doctrine hats (see the Fashion Center ) they are wonderful and (sometimes) we just give them away. Most of the DownSprings have hats (for their damn heads) as do most Friends of the Doctrine. I recommend you write a Comment and ask for one. We probably would mail one to you for almost no cost.*

So read, listen and watch the videos and write us a Comment. Most likely we will print the Comment.

This being Sunday (in our location, not necessarily our Marshall Island friends…) Let’s close with some Sunday music…as regular Readers know, we huge fans of modern gospel in general and Fred Hammond in particular…

Oh, yeah! Lesson of the Day…damn near forgot…not so much a lesson as a Test. (alright a Quiz)… (if you insist, a quizlet…but a tough question)…

You just watched Fred…is Fred a clark, scott or roger? Tell us and you must support your answer…(you could guess and 1/3 of the time you would be right…sort of ….) but you must give your reason, support your answer…this is ‘open book’, so go look at a bunch of Fred vids…the answer is there.

The reward for a correct answer? A hat (for your damn head) of course! But seeing that this is such a tough question, this little contestlet is open to Progenitors and DownSprings…

* there is a cost…did you really think it would be totally free? jeez what are you, a frickin clark?…anyway the “cost” of the “free” hats (for your “damn” heads) is that when you receive said hat you must take a photo of the hat in front of an identifiable landmark; proof of the hat being in whatever part of the world it was mailed to…(for the clarks)…a head underneath said hat is totally optional. We really only care about where in the world the hat is…the supporting “human”, not so much.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 23, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

“…the Triffids awake.”

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s (weakly) contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Once a week, since the dawning of the Age of Self-Reflective (current iteration of the Era of the Virtual World), we’ve been posting a list of then things, places and people that we could, at some later point in time, blame for inciting a state of gratitude*. This process is, fortunately, hypo-chronological, so, for instance, we can cite, in conjunction with Grat 8; Grat Number 6 (we also mentioned the acceptability of non-orderly ordinals, did we not?). We certainly hope so. Anyway, on with the list.

1) Phyllis (ever one should have an open-air home office)

2) Una (cool is as cool does)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine when was the last time, (not counting the previous 234), we said, ‘sine qua non‘? ok 235

4) the Six Sentence Story the place for flash fictionae

5) serial stories: ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘, ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ and ‘Tales from the Six Sentence Café & Bistro‘

6) road-trips from back in the day that demonstrated/illustrated/pontificated on the manifestation of secondary aspects relative to one’s predominant worldview. This example: our own predominant clark(Outsider) worldview as affected by a strong, secondary scottian(Predator) aspect. (Very clarklike tourism: on our way home from Salt Lake City (Hey! Joe!) we stopped by in Denver, rented a car, drove to Estes Park. Tried to participate in a guided tour of the hotel, bailed after thirty minutes of a ~~three~~ two hour tour… went to the parking lot took the vid-selfie, got back in car, drove to airport. Made it home by the rules.)

7) Something, something

8) Friend of the Doctrine Kristi might be looking to get the old band back together. (The old band being the bloghop ‘Finish the Sentence Friday’) …stay tuned.

9) work is varied, challenging and available. A mature individual might say, “What more could you want from life?” (In our defense, we might add, as a coda, “Well, there is that.”)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (from the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules)

* from the French, au gratin; verb: to insist that even though one hates cheese, one should at least try it, one might be surprised…

music vids

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Mostly-Monday Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 5, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

Quick post.

Damn! That comic strip used to get us so mad as a burgeoning adolescent, or would that more properly be, a ‘bludgeoning semi-adult’? No, we stand by our reaction, even allowing for our less-than-developed personality.

Wait a minute! Did we just say ‘less-than-developed’? lol We did!

Sorry, it’s funny ’cause it’s so not true. You know the expression, ‘…has an old soul’? That comes from people observing young clarks without the benefit of a certain personality system. (ok, one hint: it rhymes with ‘the Wakefield Doctrine’)

Why would someone make that adjudication?* The Doctrine is simple when it comes to how personality develops. It, (the Doctrine, not the personality), insists that personality develops as the person(ette) encounters the world and develops strategies and coping mechanisms. ‘Cept with the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, we maintain that it is the character of the individual’s relationship with the world that holds the key to how they figure the best way to live. There are three possibilities: as an Outsider, as a Predator and as a Member of the Herd.

rogers fit right in, they manifest as the norm for the group, scotts are miniaturized ‘uncles and aunts our parents don’t talk about all that much, except for during exceptional arguments centered on family or from cousins who visit only in the summer (and leave precipitously and earlier than anyone thought)’. clarks: … you wanna know the biggest fear, the fundamental ‘don’t-let-that-happen’, the ultimate scary story/fairy tale?

scrutiny¹

No clark seeks out, enjoys or willingly submits to scrutiny. (While scotts welcome the challenge, because, you know, that ranking of the pack thing they do and, besides they loves themselves a good fight and rogers, hell it’s like hearing they’re a shoe-in for Homecoming Queen/King? Whatever)

gone too far… any questions, that’s why god invented a Comments box. More, another day, about old souls… wait, chances are if you’re still reading, you’re a clark or, at very least (and nothing to be ashamed of) a scott or a roger with a significant secondary clarklike aspect. And you’ll know what we mean.

From July 2010

Monday.
Get the hell up.
You know of the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) and you will recognise at least one roger or one scott in your world today.
You will not approach this individual or otherwise make them aware of your knowledge that they are just like we talk about here.
You will do your best to maintain your composure, unless you are reading this with a friend and/or friends, in which case, listen to the clark among you.
When you spot your first roger, it will most likely be in an ‘organised environment’, ie.e school or work or any other place that you are compelled to follow certain guidelines as to your own activity.
Make a note of your first sighting (being extra careful if you are spotting a scott, do not, under any circumstance allow the scott to see you taking notes.)
If you are a roger (yeah, right!) do not allow other herd members to observe you doing anything that is out of the ordinary.
Clarks…you will have no trouble…unless you start to think that this Wakefield Doctrine will win the love of the herd or the backing of the scott.
When you have spotted the first, the rest will be easy.
Expect to make mistakes initially deciding if a person is a scott or (an aggressive) roger.
Don’t be concerned, it happens to the best of us at the beginning.
You will notice, rather quickly, that rogers are using the personal pronoun way, way, way more than the scott…
You will (then) notice that the scott has the attention span of a 3 month old puppy on amphetamines

Everyone ready? Good. We know you can do this thing. If you have any questions or concerns you can always write a Comment (yeah, fer sure lol)

We here at the Doctrine will be standing by, both Progenitors and DownSprings to help where we can, but knowing about the Wakefield Doctrine (and seeing the world accordingly) thing is a lot like…riding a bike?…nah a bike is inanimate and while fun will not turn on you if you stray from the herd…or totally prey on you until something more attractive comes along, …like learning to play an instrument?…no way! playing an instrument has a set technique and therefore is totally predictable so that if you hit certain keys on a keyboard you will always get a certain sound/tone….like sex?….maybe…it sort of has the always the same almost always enjoyable and worthwhile, except when it is not and then the results are to be regretted for a life time…yeah sort of like that.
But all of us here, at Doctrine central, admire you as you got out into the world today, armed with a knowledge and a power that is shared by 10s and 10s of people here and there around the globe. Now you know how Noah must of felt…you gotta get out in the world and do something that you will be glad you did, but you better not let the neighbors get too close a look at your backyard…or something like that.

New Readers? No rush, no hurry. The above is directed towards Readers who have been here a while, for now you should just enjoy the videos, spend some time in the Pages (Table of Contents) or browse through some old Posts (Archive Read ’em and Sleep)…you will get the hang of this Doctrine thing pretty quick we betcha.

Hey a big shoutout yo to Renasainces Rauneasce Renoven Ronin…one of the first Friends of the Doctrine. He stopped by and said hey last night (see Post, “don’t you people ever go to bed”). He will hopefully be sporting some fine Doctrine apparel and we hope to see a photo of his hat (for his damn head) in front of a landmark from his part of the country. Ronin has taken it to the next level (for many blog writers) and has written a book. ‘Hats off”(our damn heads) go to his site and read a spell. That being: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Ronin kutgw, dude.

So, busy week coming up. New issue of the Good…the Bad…Decide Right Now!! The topic will be Animal Shows so get watchin and start votin…not yet

So, get out there and spot them clarks, scotts and rogers. RUUn Readers!….Ruun!!

* ok. a near-miss at coming up with a rogerian expression… not bad, though, right?

Scrutiny (French: scrutin; Late Latin: scrutinium; from scrutari, meaning “those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value” and originally from the Latin “scruta,” meaning “broken things, rags, or rubbish.”) is a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a likely mistake or failure). In Roman times, the “scrutari” of cities and towns were those who laboriously searched for valuables amidst the waste and cast-offs of others. The modern English “scrutiny” is derived from this root, indicating a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a hidden mistake, misstatement, or incongruity). (From our friends at Wikipedia)

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- Bonus Post

June 15, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

Hey! Reader Advisory: this is very much a graduate-level Doctrine Post. Which, of course, is a total catnip description to any clarklike Readers.

So, here you go:

Let’s say you’ve gotten mad at someone, someone at a distance, say a customer service rep for a large, all-powerful, faceless mega-corporation. You’re promised a call back to explain the unexplainable.

With us?

How do you use the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to make sure your attempt to exact a pound of virtual flesh from the voice-only representative of this 21st C Mammon?

Simple!

First: determine the predominant worldview of the person to whom you’re speaking.

Second: if they’re a

clark (Outsider) make them understand how, in both the grand and the mundane scheme of things, meaningless they are
scott (Predator) impress upon them how truly and irrefutably powerless they are
roger (Herd Member) let them know, in no uncertain terms, how insignificant they are

There you go! Free and unsolicited advice from your apparently way immature curator of the Wakefield Doctrine tool chest and museum.

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘The devil, you say?/ The devil, you say’

June 7, 2022 By clarkscottroger

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

Speaking of the the Everything Rule… (well, we were yesterday).

So here are three movie actors playing the role of Satan/the Devil/Lucifer

Can you see how the predominant worldview of the actors results in a different depiction of this rather culturally-durable figure?

Anticipatory Response: the Everything Rule states: “Everyone does everything, at one time or another.” In terms of the perspective(s) of the Wakefield Doctrine it simply means, there is no such ‘thing’ as something that is of the exclusive domain of a clark (or) a scott (or) a roger. We all exist in what is safest to refer to as a common reality*. “That is something only a scott would do.” “Acting like that is so rogerian, too bad I’m a clark, I’d love to be that self-absorbent.”

To account for what is often very different ways, (among the three predominant worldviews), we employ the ‘manifest’. “Hey! I need a finish carpenter, do you know any rogers in that part of the business.” “The award to the top real estate agent in the office, this year is a tie! It goes to rogerian male and scottian female!”

‘Yeah, but, you’re talking about actors playing parts. They are working from a script, thats not the real person being the devil. Blame the writer.’

We’ll let the New Readers find their way to reconciling the person and the role, at their own pace. The journey is the trip.

But! Lookee here! The role of the devil as (manifested) ‘delivered’ by a clarklike, scottian and rogerian actor.

We’ll let you sort ’em out.

Predominant worldview 1 (Robert DeNiro as Lucifer)

Predominant worldview 2 (Al Pacino as Satan)

Predominant worldview 3 (Gabriel Burns as the Devil)

* while predicated on the concept of personal reality, and much as we’d like to see it, just because our reality is personal to us versus your’s to you, sorry, no secret ability to fly or be invisible or be emotion-proof.