The
purpose of the NETS for Students: Achievement Rubric is to define
four achievement levels in relation to the NETS. The rubric is being
developed to assist state and school-district leaders in their efforts
to measure and monitor the development of student technology literacy
throughout the elementary and secondary grades.
Danish nobleman and astronomer Tycho Brahe [wiki] was one interesting fellow. He kept a dwarf as a court jester who sat under the table during dinner. He even had a tame pet moose.
By dying, Vallandigham succeeded in demonstrating the plausibility of the accidental shooting and got his client acquitted.