Eiji Onizuka, a graduate from a third-grade university cum a gangster head, has always wanted to be a great teacher. An opportunity has come when a school is short of a teacher and he happens to get employed! Although his gangster status and attitude create lots of headaches for many, his warmth towards teaching gradually touches them and gains their acceptance.
(Summary taken from http://www.jdorama.com/)

This drama hasn't aired yet in the Philippines, but thanks to my reliable source I got to watch it. Of course, it wasn't dubbed, so I had to rely on the subs, which was fine for me since I wanted to hear how Japanese people conversed and how they pronounced their common phrases, like "Sayonara" which I have often heard in an American accent. Anyways, I found out about this series, since I saw the anime on Animax, so there.

What drew my attention to watch this show was its plot. It wasn't ordinary and it was surprising, I mean, come on! Can a gangster head really be a teacher? But I guess that's what drew me and the Japanese viewers to watch this. Well, since he is a gangster, there weren't any boring parts seeing how he used his brute force and clever tactics to show his students how much he cares for them. Like in my favorite episode wherein there was this genius student who didn't want to go to school anymore, since the lessons there for him are mediocre and out of his league. Yet thanks to Onizuka, who showed him how in school you just don't learn facts, you learn lessons in life which could not be read in books and in school you gain friends, which is one of the most important factors. Also in another episode where he literally broke the wall separating the mother and father of one of his students, which actually mended the relationship of the family, isn't he so cool?

I guess the Japanese really have a way of showing how important teachers are. The way they treat their "sensei" is already integrated into their systems but still this show has garnered a lot of attention or rather ratings. This is already part of their culture and for me it would be a good way for us to be enculturated with it. I'm not typing this to suck up or anything, but the teachers we see aren't the only teachers around. So whenever someone gave us new knowledge, learnings, etc. we should be thankful and show them respect. (Right, Miss?)

Credits to google.com for the pictures and jdorama.com for the summary.