DD8 is a whiz at spelling tests, and her written output has been atrocious. She has not only internalized the idea that "spelling only matters for spelling tests," but repeated misspelling has reduced her ability to notice errors. Write a word the wrong way enough times, and it feels right.

What really annoys me about all this is that the school set her up for this, and now they're grading her down for it.

We're in the process of helping DD unlearn three years of learning. Not fun.