A student has been asked to write an essay on the American Native Indians. The student wrote an essay on the Indians in India instead.
S: Teacher, why did you fail me?
T: Your essay is off topic.
S: What off topic? I wrote about the Indians.
T: I asked you to write on the American Indians, the prompt says it very clearly. But you wrote only about the Indians in India, completely off topic.
S: Well, let's see...they are all called Indians.
T: Not the same.
S: Fine, but even Columbus made that mistake.
T: You are the one being graded, not Columbus.
S: Fine, but American Indians, India-Indians, they are all humans, what's the big deal.
T: Fail or pass, they are just grade, what's the big deal.