How was school for you?

I recently acquired a manga called Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO). For the uninformed, manga is the Japanese word for comics. Outside of Japan,it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. GTO is about a fresh university graduate who is living out in the real world trying to find a job. Unfortunately, Onizuka isn't what you would call a true student material as he was quite a rascal during his school days. Known to be a bike gang member, also part of a 2 man team the 'devil bomber', his reputation during his school days were well known. Anyway, now he is trying to find a job but unfortunately, he is still the same person he was before: a gangster and a pervert to boot! This might be bad for him but he has a dream to fulfill, and that is to become the greatest teacher in Japan! So the manga is about his journey onward to realizing his dream. He encounters a lot of trials and tribulations and just goes to show that being a 'bad apple' in school last time doesn't mean he knows all the tricks of the trade.

Anyway I liked the manga! The drawings are really good and the storyline is well thought out. Although it gets over the top sometimes (when does it not get over the top for a manga?), there were well thought underlying moral implications in there. Ultimately though, it gives rise to the question of "How was school for you?". Ah the memories ...