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ANGELA

posted 9 years ago by snsurone
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I always thought that Heather was a fairly intelligent girl.
So, why does she have an air-head like Angela as BFF?

[–] taopolis 9 years ago

"I always thought that Heather was a fairly intelligent girl. "

Really? I always thought they painted Heather as a mediocre student. She always seemed to be getting in trouble about her grades, at least in the first few seasons. I thought her friendship with Angela made sense, of course with Heather being the smarter one of the two.

[–] pooka5472 9 years ago

In addition, Heather also did pretty dumb things herself, like when she got a job at a local record store, but forgot to ask how much she was getting paid, as well as allowing a boyfriend to steal records from the store without paying for them, and also hogging the phone in the first episode, when it was clearly stated that Marsha was expecting a call from the domestic agency.

[–] jname96 9 years ago

True. Heather was clearly intelligent, if not the best student as another post mentioned on this thread.

I guess it wasn't too extreme that she hung out w/ Angela, but yeah--I lean towards the idea that she could do better.

[–] snsurone 9 years ago

Actually, a person can be intelligent and yet do poorly in school.
There are numerous contributing factors to poor grades: lousy teaching, lack of motivation, too much concern on "standardized tests", etc.
It's sad to think that Heather felt she had to have a dipstick like Angela around to make her look good in comparison.

[–] jackgriffin1-1 9 years ago

I think it was because the whole Owens family was dysfunctional and nasty and Angela was sweet, kind, and pure.

[–] english3101972 9 years ago

I just think that it was something they did in shows from the 1980's...Carol on "Growing Pains" had seriously stupid friends and she was a genius and Samantha on "Who's the Boss" had ditzy friends when she was younger.