"How Many Robocops?"

So the other day one of my students asked me the best question I've gotten in class so far- "Mr. Masanja, how many Robocops does America have?" That is awesome. Apparently this kid had just seen the movie, and he thought it was real. This led to a discussion in which I learned that most Tanzanians think that all American movies are real. Yes, Terminator (that's huge here). Yes, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. They think its all real. Learning this, I regretted my first answer to his question, which was that we had five until three of them were destroyed fighting Arnold Schwarzenegger. They completely believed me, and I think that makes me a very bad teacher. I finally succeeded in teaching them about Hollywood, and that its all made up. Maybe I should have left them thinking it was real....