THREE SEVENTEENS
(Synopsis )
Three enthusiastic graduates - Chu Lan - lan, Cheng Chia-I Lin Ta - hua - joined Chun Li Primary School as teachers. The school was sponsored by the working and fishing community on an islet under the leadership of veteran worker Uncle Chen to keep their offspring away from the bad influences of the society.
On the very night the three teachers arrived, a handful of hoodlums on the islet had already begun sabotaging the school.
What with naughtiness of the children, and what with their own lack of experience, the three young teachers found their trouble - laden first school day a total frustration.
It was the heart - renting discovery of how poor little Chang Hsiao - man was working his way through the school and what a miserable life the students, families were living that moved the teachers, making them stay on.
Soon more troubles cropped up. A student was found missing and the school fund, stolen, followed by rounds of vicious scandals sbout the three seventeen - year - old teachers.
Determined to struggle against the evil influence which was utilizing the naive students to sabotage the school, the triumvirate worked meticulously to guide students on the right track.
As a result, student Li Hsiao - fong revealed how a hoodlum forced her father to sell her younger brother so as to repay a loan, thus supplying a clue.
Awakening and hating the hold of the evil influence on him, student Yang Chien-hsin demanded the return of the school fund from the hoodlum on penalty of exposure.
Frantic hoodlums kidnaped Yang, hiding him out in a ruined house on a hill side.
In the big manhunt that ensued, the public rallying to the help of Uncle Chen and the teachers, crushed the hoodlums, olot and rescued both Yang and the missing student Ah Chiang.
The three teachers, the students and the friendship among them all gradually matured. Along with Uncle Chen, they were determined to run the school still better.