Lasagna With Rice

Putting rice with lasagna. I was in the catering class once, and the teacher asked, “What’s a good example for a side with a lasagna?”. I put my hand up straight away and said with my chest, “Rice and sweet corn.”
Everyone was just started questionably laughing, and I had no clue that this wasn’t the done thing, and I was dead confused. I still have it, though, as it actually goes together quite well, well in my opinion anyway.