Bio: Bernard Beckett is an author and teacher. He has worked in NZ secondary schools for almost three decades and currently teaches mathematics and drama.
Bernard Beckett is second-guessing himself, again.
A major new investigation by the Classification Office confirms that exposure to porn is widespread among NZ teens, and is affecting the way they think about and experience sex.
Is ridicule really the right response to teenagers unable to comprehend the word 'trivial' in an NCEA history exam, asks high school teacher and author Bernard Beckett.
Bernard Beckett helped judge Into the River our best children's book in 2013. This week it was banned by weird Christian sect, the Film and Literature Board of Review. Here Beckett analyses that decision.
