Im Guessing You Didn’t Watch the Game
Today, in my advanced counseling methods class, we were discussing the influential work of a psychologist by the name of Carl Rogers. This guy was the pioneer of a school of thought in therapy/counseling which has come to be called Person-Centered Therapy. Some also call his theories “Rogerian”, a label Rogers himself disliked during his lifetime, but nonetheless, the name has stuck around over the years.
I will spare you the details of Rogers ideas, suffice to say that in class, there was considerable discussion & disagreement as to the efficacy of his principles as they relate to the populations most of us in the class were in training to deal with. In a word, the criticism was that Rogerian methods were too “soft”.
During the break, as everyone in the classroom was just sitting there, awkwardly quiet, I decided to make a joke I had been trying to figure out how to use all day yesterday as I split time between reading today’s assignment and watching the Super Bowl. The front page of today’s Sports section gave me the inspiration I needed, so I held it up and…
“Obviously, Rogerian methods work very well, I mean they won the Super Bowl!” I said with a smile.
No one in the class laughed. A few people looked at each other, puzzled. Huh?!
The instructor squinted at me. She didn’t get it either.
“The quarterback’s name is ‘Rodgers’,” I offered as explanation. There were a few audible “Ohh!”‘s scattered throughout the room.
“I stopped watching football after the Seahawks lost.”
“Oh, we didn’t even turn on the TV.”
“I heard there was some kind of game yesterday.”
Hey, at least I broke the awkward silence as various members of the class competed with the one another and the instructor to see who could express the most disdain and disregard for one the best football games I have ever watched.
A classic Rogerian belief is that one should treat everyone with universal positive regard. There’s something good and worthy in each and every person on the planet. Apparently, that didn’t include football puns in the group of people I found myself with this morning.
I don’t know who won the game but I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I missed the game, but I heard it was a good one. It’s the one football game I often watch each year.
Nothing like smug self satisfied snarkiness.
I’m not a sports fan so I didn’t get the joke either. 🙂 Loved the eminem commercial about detroit though.
close game.. almost all the way through, with the exception of the beginning. half time wasnt that bad either. Afternoon Joko!
I wouldn’t have missed the game for nothing! I have been a GB Packer fan for over 40 years. Sorry your class didn’t get your humor..I did! 😉
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I was going to write a blog about "What The Green Bay Packers Mean To Me"… about how as a boy yanked from the Yankee north and having to adapt to a football-crazy Texas, I took great pride in knowing I came from a place that spawned the legendary Packers of Lombardi, still the only team ever to win 3 consecutive NFL championships, but it was too ambitious and self-revealing… although I may still.
It’s obvious. Their lack of football knowledge is rooted in a deep-seated desire to kill their fathers and sleep with (“roger”) their mothers which manifests itself in penis envy and complete cluelessness.
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I mean am I the only one who sees it?
I did watch at least…do I get any points for that. I am a fan of neither team so it wasn’t of much interests to me. I only went for GB because they beat the falcons who has beat my Saints..LOL
Hi Joko! Yeah, great game, but it was held in Dallas, I am 2 hours from there and we did not do a very good job at representing Texas! Oh well, and I know the feeling, I have a dry sense of humor and sometimes people don’t get my jokes either, LOL Hope you are well! xo