危險心靈

Taiwan's public television station has a gripping new drama called 危險心靈, or Dangerous Minds.  Not up to the standards of the Michelle Pfeiffer movie or even the American television drama, in Taiwan's crowded field of melodramas it shines.  What makes this show special is the caliber of the acting and the subject matter. The story centers on a ninth grader (final year of jr. high)who falls afoul of a pigheaded instructor and is then forced to transfer to a different homeroom (a huge deal in Taiwan). If you can read Mandarin you can learn more here.  The tv series is adapted from a popular novel (a brief description from that page):

一個十五歲國中生奮勇面對人生的第一場大挑戰。

　　如果可以的話，小傑很希望一開始他沒有在導師的數學課看漫畫。就因為看漫畫，他被罰坐在教室外，而隨後一連串意想不到的吵鬧、對質、抗議……也愈演愈烈，就像連鎖反應般停也停不下來。但當時，他一點都不知道那只是災難的開始……

(rough translation:  a 15 year old jr. high student fearlessly faces life's first big battle   Xiao Jie wishes he never had read a comic book in his homeroom teacher's math class; he did, he was punished, and unimaginable consequences followed: chaos, protest......but at the time he had no idea of the catastrophe in store for him)description here.