In today's environment, there's much reliance on the spell checker. When my son was in elementary school, good penmanship wasn't taught. As a result, my son has the lousiest writing skills that I've ever seen. Printing is atrocious, but I absolutely cannot read his writing. One time I approached one of his teachers about the lack of his writing ability. She indicated that penmanship was not a sole subject to be taught and she did have to practically stand on her head to read children's handwriting but she managed. Such a cavalier attitude! I guess nowadays teachers don't have to worry with the advent of the computer.
I know, I get sick of the spell check excuse that they all give. There will be many times in life that you are not using a computer to communicate. At that point, you look like an idiot if you can't spell no matter how smart or what kind of grades you have. Not teaching proper penmanship is another one of my problems. The handwriting is horrible!
It's, Ok, really. With lousy handwriting, he can always become a doctor. Sorry if someone else has already said this.