Hvem spiller eric i head of the class?
Brian Robbins
Head of the Class
I de første tre år af showet havde IHP-klassen ti studerende. Arvid Engen (Dan Frischman) var en spinkel, skæv nørd med brille, matematikkyndig og spirende videnskabsmand. Arvids bedste ven var den overvægtige, vittige kyniker Dennis Blunden (Dan Schneider), en computergeni, der var ekspert i kemi og fysik og havde en evne til at få den socialt uduelige Arvid indblandet i forskellige planer. Alan Pinkard (Tony O'Dell) var en ultra-konservativ preppy og egoist; hans ekspertiseområde var statskundskab, og han var en ivrig fan af Ronald Reagan. Alan konkurrerede om de højeste karakterer i klassen med Darlene Merriman (Robin Givens), en forkælet rig pige, der nok var endnu mere selvcentreret end Alan, og hvis speciale var tale og debat. Både Alan og Darlene havde en ambition om at blive udnævnt til klassens valedictorian. Sarah Nevins (Kimberly Russell) havde ikke noget særligt ekspertiseområde; hun var den mest jordnære af IHP-klassen og blev engang citeret for at have det laveste gennemsnit. Maria Borges (Leslie Bega) var meget passioneret omkring at få A'er (hun gik så langt som til at give sig selv stuearrest i pilotafsnittet for at få et B), og Jawaharlal Choudhury (Jory Husain alias Joher Coleman) var en udvekslingsstudent fra Indien, hvis ekspertise var naturvidenskab. Den 11-årige Janice Lazarotto (Tannis Vallely) gik på trods af sin unge alder i gymnasiet og i IHP-klassen på grund af sit avancerede intellekt. Kunststuderende Simone Foster (Khrystyne Haje) var en stille, følsom rødhåret pige med en særlig forkærlighed for poesi. En bemærkelsesværdig udvikling i serien var forholdet mellem Simone og Eric Mardian (Brian Robbins), en håbefuld forfatter og udadtil det mest usandsynlige medlem af IHP - Eric gik i sort læder, kørte motorcykel, opførte sig hårdt og brød sig tilsyneladende ikke om noget akademisk (til Dr. Samuels' glæde var han den eneste i klassen, der ikke var med på det akademiske hold, selv om han aldrig ville forlade IHP). Eric lagde konstant an på Simone (som han var forelsket i), og de to havde til sidst en romance, som var på et tidspunkt og på et tidspunkt og på et tidspunkt og på et tidspunkt.
Brian Robbins
Head of the Class
For the first three years of the show, the IHP class had ten students. Arvid Engen (Dan Frischman) was a skinny, bespectacled nerd, mathematics expert, and budding scientist. Arvid's best friend was the overweight, wisecracking cynic Dennis Blunden (Dan Schneider), a computer whiz whose fields were chemistry and physics and who had a knack for getting the socially inept Arvid involved in various schemes. Alan Pinkard (Tony O'Dell) was an ultra-conservative preppy and egotist; his area of expertise was political science and he was a devout fan of Ronald Reagan. Alan competed for the highest grades in the class with Darlene Merriman (Robin Givens), a spoiled rich girl who was probably even more self-centered than Alan and whose specialties were speech and debate. Both Alan and Darlene held the ambition of being named class valedictorian. Sarah Nevins (Kimberly Russell) did not have any one particular area of expertise; she was the most down-to-earth of the IHP class and was once cited as having the lowest G.P.A. Maria Borges (Leslie Bega) was very passionate about getting A's (going as far as grounding herself in the pilot episode for getting a 'B'), and Jawaharlal Choudhury (Jory Husain aka Joher Coleman) was an exchange student from India whose expertise was natural science. Eleven-year-old Janice Lazarotto (Tannis Vallely), despite her young age, was in high school and the IHP class because of her advanced intellect. Arts student Simone Foster (Khrystyne Haje) was a quiet, sensitive redhead with a particular fondness for poetry. A notable development in the show was the relationship between Simone and Eric Mardian (Brian Robbins), an aspiring writer and, outwardly, the most unlikely member of the IHP - Eric wore black leather, drove a motorcycle, acted tough, and ostensibly disliked anything academic (to Dr. Samuels's delight, he was the only one in the class not on the academic team, although he would never leave the IHP). Eric constantly hit on Simone (on whom he had a crush) and the two eventually had an on-again-off-again romance.
Head of the Class