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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 21, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Full Disclosure: Your regularly scheduled post ‘Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-‘ has been postponed to tomorrow, due to anticipated outrage at the assertion that served as its thesis. (Hint: muy AP Level Doctrine)

Instead, you have us as substitute curator.

In true, ‘a classroom milieu that hasn’t existed for generations’¹ fidelity to our ever-persistent metaphor we will open with:

“So, where were you in your lessons before your regular Curator had to leave?”

We’ll spare the Readers the meme-quality faux question/answer for the rest of the time we have together today.

Instead, let’s refer back to Friday’s post:

The Wakefield Doctrine says, “Hey, you have the perfect personality type.

We were writing a comment to an FB post, (surely written by a clark), something to the effect that the virtual world, aka the blogosphere, was a reality in which the concept of personal responsibility was taken to a new level. We went on to say that this was a social world in which the metaphor is made real, i.e. each of us are a story. We come into the (virtual) world out of nowhere and, in very short order, present (or at very least, introduce) our backstory. In the ‘real’ world, with it’s ‘Sorry, I saw you at the store and that was not an Aston Martin you parked to run in for some milk and bread’ standard of proof of backstory, ‘inventiveness’ of an individual is a bit more constrained, no?

ed. our own foray into the virtual world, immediately following the creation of this blog, was on Facebook. It helps for newer, less-old Readers (yeah, we might be wrong, but we’re looking at you Reelika and cai)² to remember how more rhetorical the medium was back then. Near everone interacted by the written word. Be that as it may. the lettres de mássage for this cool, new land was what we typed.

In any event, we (your Curator) were on a mission. To bring to the Wakefield Doctrine to as many as possible.

Of course, one of the first things we became aware of was that the cool kids really wrote good. Growing up** we never had much interest in the grammar and the other topics contained in fifth period English class don’cha know. But…but! mission, right? We stayed and we wrote wherever our Olivetti key* would afford us access.

It was a grand time.

And the first demonstration, proof of concept of the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool for self-improving oneself.⁵

That’ll do for today.

ok, one more basic principle: the Everything Rule. ‘Everyone does everything, at one time or another’. For our purposes, that means that there is no: ‘thats a thing only a scott would do‘ or ‘only a roger would be able to do that job‘ (The practical application of this Rule is: No, you are not some new, never-seen-before hybrid clark-roger et. al. One predominant worldview per person/per life.)

1) or, seriously, ever

2) sorry….everyone else lol

5) lol sure. the demonstration is perceptible only to clarks (or scotts/rogers with a high-level secondary clarklike aspect). We didn’t care about how more skillful others were with their writing. Quite unlike our predominant worldview would otherwise react. That said, and in Full Disclosure, we did find ourselfs, adding neologism to our tool pad. lol you know! ‘Hey, excellent wordage, yo.’ Even Fuller Disclosure: especially when interacting with a certain type of denizen (cough <roger> cough) lol

* too archaic a reference well, it’s not like they ever made computer keyboards, ya know?

** ok, ok! ‘getting older’ lol

from an excellent(ish) movie, ‘Spontaneous’

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

Fluency and Proficiency.

looked it up.

(for our purposes: tomato tomahto)

The single most valuable ‘product’ of the Wakefield Doctrine lies in being able to translate the language of one, (of the three predominant worldviews), into another.

New Readers: a part of the fun of the alternative perspective that is the Wakefield Doctrine, the proposition that each of the three ‘personality types’ exist in a different, distinct, (though subtly related), personal reality.*

But wait! There’s more! Of the three predominant worldviews:

clarks (the Outsider) life in a puzzle that is missing one piece, but for reasons too unpleasant to explain (to others). thinking and examin’ the world is, by-and-large an intellectual exercise. the world is one of thought
scotts (the Predator) life is to be lived, there’s no need (or time) to consider other explanations for the purely natural predator-prey procession, the world is a physical expression of the essential life experience, i.e. to act is to live
rogers (the Herd Member) life is a rainbow of emotion disguised as people. the world is a feeling and the only way to connect is to send out a ripple (or a splash or a fuckin’ cannonball off the diving board) of emotion, which is as complex as it needs to be. think: throw a dictionary (which lacks any binding) at one and other and they will gather the pages, take your meaning and throwing it back. mostly

A fundamental difference, but with an unseen ‘Universal Translator’ running in the background of our everyday lifes.

Stay with us. Almost there.

When a roger says something to a clark it, (the message), is grounded in the language of the Herd, i.e. emotional. It gets transliterated, translated, transmorgified….whatever (lol) and the clark hears it (this message) in words of the intellect.

Big finish:

what the clark hears…no, better we say, How the clark translates what they hear the roger saying is not always what the roger meant. Or, at least, not how the roger meant for the clark to feel.

Stopping now. You’ve got some homework, yo.

Takeway: the more we can put ourselfs in the mind, (predominant worldview), of the other person, the better we can understand the ‘why’ of their statement and the less likely we are to say, ‘What the fuck?’

*ok, calm down. Nothing weird. At least nothing extravagantly weird. The idea of a personal reality is simply a fun designation for the thin, thin, in-some-not-so-thin layer of experience between a person and the world they are in, say on a Monday, like today. caveat! If you’re feeling suspicious or wondering when the punchline is coming… this thing of ours might not be quite appropriate for you. Perhaps you might try the Oscar-Meyers, Briggs and Stratton personality system or, even GenZ’s: ‘Talking is for Losers…just tell what we should know, provided you’re hot…Guide to Life’

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 12, 2026 By clarkscottroger 13 Comments

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

Special Edition TToT!

Well, yeah, now that you mention it, that does raise the spectre of an inescapable infinite regression, gratitudinously-speaking. oh well.

This is still the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Founded in 1823 by a charwoman’s daughter. As a young person, our creatrix found herself stifled by the incoherent dialect of the King’s English spoken in the local school where she grew up, in East Ham-on-Rye, in County Lingerie, England. And so, she began to write a list of the things that she was grateful for and the rest is history. (Well, technically, if this description is immersive enough, the rest would become the future.)

(whew! Caffeine! You are truly a loving and terrible god!)

All are welcome to contribute their own list of the people, places, things and event that incite a state of gratitude when first apprehended.

For the Wakefield Doctrine, we offer:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) Mimi for providing the idea: Show Us Your Bookcases! (as a Grat)

4) the Wakefield Doctrine

5) (Establishing shot) as mentioned in last week’s grat, our bookcases have left the living room and taken up residence in the laundry/utility room. So the first thing you see is:

6) Second Shelf right end

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) Ayiiee! (future dodged-bullet Grat!) Phyllis’ cottage has book shelves (and less hex wrenches, duct tape and round televisions) so we offer ‘The Bookcases of the Forest”

Cottage bookcases:

Second shelf right end:

9) Once upon something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 29, 2026 By clarkscottroger 20 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

We’re glad you’ve joined us on this end-of-Summer weekend. If you’re new to this ‘hop, the theme is gratitude, the format is list (10+-). Care to join us?* It’s simple: write you a list of the people, places, things or events that elicited the grat-response, link it up and you’re home free.

For the Wakefield Doctrine, the following we are grateful for:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop ad hoc the Special event this week: Grat #8

5) Co-hostinae cai, she wrote, last week: “I love the walking tours. Can’t wait to hear the story of the rock.” …and we’re grateful for the opportunity to present the story:

6) no denying it… Summer might be coming to an end! ayiiee.

7) Friend of the Doctrine Mimi, she writes: ‘Here’s a thankful, I ran into a rogerian expression “in the wild” so to speak. On the nextdoor app, a lady asked if local colleges have a dress code. She was saying if they don’t, they should, as these young people are beyond casual and let everything hang out, front and back. She said it “leaves nothing to the indignation!” Hard to describe the manifestation of this Grat. Anytime we see the Doctrine applied to the personal reality of anyone not us, there’s a feeling of, my god! this thing is real. (ok, not so hard to too describe) Thanks! M (wondering what this rogerian expression thing is? it’s a primary characteristic of people who have Herd Member (roger) as their predominant worldview. So… follow this link to the Doctrine page on rogers and, almost at the bottom is a list of rogerian expressions.

8) Denise and her ‘hop hosted the Six Sentence Café & Bistro Poetry Slam for 2026. grat for that and for Chris for totally keeping everyone focused on the date and, new-to-the-Café, Reelika as rookie-of-the-year (in terms of the SSC&B not blogging which she has been around a while, Frank for adding the audio element to his contribution and supporting the Poetry Slam effort and Misky who, as always participated in a manner that makes it all look easy while contributing to certain elegance to the event.

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

*ok, just to reassure a certain percentage of visitors, as reassurance go see Misky or Andrew for a sense of ‘oh! ok, those grat people aren’t all slightly off

music vids

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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 28, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

good, if not busy week.

Friday Quiz is Open Book.

(Selected the RePrint (below) mostly ’cause it mentions ‘pop quizzes and bulletpoints’. otherwise, you’re on own… self-grad them Answer sheets.)

yow!! Sill in original content mode:

Quick Survey/Opinion Poll:

of the three predominant worldviews: clarks (the Outsiders), scotts (the Predators) and rogers (the Herd Members) who is:

most likely to cheat on an exam
their explanation/excuse when caught
who ratted them out

For simplicity and (to) steer clear of major life factors, this test/exam is given in the Sixth Grade.

Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine- of pop quizzes and bulletpoints

March 13, 2015

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

Don’t Forget! This Evening… Vidchat at Seven! (‘An Evening at George and Jane’s‘) stop by! it’s hosted by clarks, so that means what it lacks in social status, (“I can’t believe you missed it last Friday!! oh man! everyone was there!!!!”), is compensated by odd conversations, funny in an interesting way and (sometimes) totally outrageous!

I trust you all know that we’ve found the Wakefield Doctrine to be useful to (any) effort to self-improve oneself. I (further) assume that everyone recognizes that the Doctrine is ‘three things to three people’. (And) that, it’s not even necessary that you determine which of the three you are, prior to trying to using our little personality theory to help you in your efforts. Start wherever you are right now. After all, ‘you can’t break it and, you can’t get it wrong‘. Yep, we still maintain that assertion about the use of the Wakefield Doctrine.

You do know, don’t you, that we can tell which of the three you are, purely on the basis of which of the three you initially say you are…. lol (Hey! New Readers! We have a Rule about identifying one’s predominant worldview. It’s your worldview, so no one can say, ‘By Power of the (fill in something relating to your own worldview) I declare that you are a ….!’ Well, they can say it, and you can even ask them to say it, but no one has any authority to impose their opinion of your worldview (dominant, secondary or tertiary aspects). Doesn’t mean we’re not all willing to share our understanding of the characteristics of the three worldview that are critical to understanding and identifying a person.

For example: one of the more difficult ‘calls’ to make: attractive male person who appears very confident, even to the point of aggressiveness, is he a scott or a roger? You might think, ‘Very aggressive that must mean scott!’ ok… but you want to go deeper than that*
they’re being aggressive, fine! …with/at/towards who? Are they ‘playing to the room’ or are they focused on one person.
Now… (here’s a critical question), is it about them or the person they are focused on? What happens when they are rebuffed and/or told to go jump in a lake? Do they laugh or do they seem to be taking it personally?

another very common situation (more often when a person seeks to determine their own predominant worldview): you see a clark, i.e. the poor posture, the mumbling, the odd, (but interesting), fashion choices, but then this very same person, for a moment, holds the attention of the entire room…. you’re thinking, ‘maybe this is a combination type part clark and part scott‘! You’d be right…but with the wrong conclusion. We all have one predominant worldview, but also the potential to see the world from the perspective of ‘the other two’. For some of us, this ‘secondary aspect’ is so significant that we develop some of the behaviors and strategies and coping mechanisms of this ‘other worldview’…. and these behaviors come to the surface at times usually at times of stress or duress, ( ‘hey! I want ‘cha ta meet someone!! these are my two cousins, Stress and Duress…. aint’ they hot?! you ever wanna to have a wild night lemme know!).

so… bottom line on identifying a person’s dominant worldview: we’re merely trying to infer how that other person is ‘relating themselves to the world around them’. know this and you know them

OK! end of Post. Don’t forget to join us tonight.

….sure! there’s got to be something I can say that will change your life (or have an effect for even just a single moment in your weekend)….

clarks: keep in mind this little fact that is shared by clarks alone…. more often than we allow, ‘it’s them, not us! If you walk away from a surprise conflict (is there any other kind for us?) feeling bad with a tinge of guilt that it was your fault? it’s them not you

scotts: yeah… your gut on this one is right and even though you almost can’t imagine how that family member can believe something so wrong about themselves…. it’s true and….and, chances are they’re used to it, so you don’t need to do anything immediately but, definitely know that they will appreciate whatever you try to do, even if it is ineffective

rogers: give yourself a break…. no, really. while finding and living ‘the Right Way’ confers to others nearly as much benefit as it does to you… they’ll survive if you take the weekend off, hell, they’ll enjoy it and you’ll have a re-energized feeling afterwards

7:00 pm

EDT

* the process of identifying a person’s dominant worldview is a lot like an optometrist eye test. you start looking at the person through the lens of two worldviews (you always throw out the obvious ‘no way’…. in our example above where we said, ‘attractive….confident…aggressive’? the ‘no way’ is a clark which leaves you with scott and roger. From here, you go for more and more intrinsic characteristics and you’ll find that one of the views becomes less clear as the other becomes more and more focused.**

** this same process is used when you identify your own worldview