Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett
Bernard Beckettis a New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults. His work includes novels and plays. Beckett has taught Drama, Mathematics and English at a number of high schools in the Wellington Region, and is currently teaching students at Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionWriter
concept
I like the concept of teenagers and philosophy.
became education formal interested later past school science teacher
I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science.
against build defend enters fights finds forms furniture picks themselves
The Idea enters the brain from the outside. It rearranges the furniture to make it more to its liking. It finds other Ideas already in residence, and picks fights or forms alliances. The alliances build new structures, to defend themselves against intruders.
fear
There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.
claiming mind travels
The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes.
history conflict tendencies
Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed.