We are writing a paper in Social Studies about how the American colonies reacted to being freed from Britain. The prompt is (in my eyes) incredibly clear - since we have been learning about the American revolution, it seems like you would understand that the paper is about the British rule over the thirteen original colonies...

Girl: Um, I typed in "British rule" and only India's coming up...?

Teacher: You need to write about how the American colonists reacted.

Girl: Ohhhhh!

Teacher: I should have become a farmer or something.