Originally Posted by Pemberley
With word predicting software and spell checkers how useful is it really to have her spend a lot of time on spelling?

Technology is great, but it's not the ultimate solution, and cannot be relied upon in all situations.

Last week I had to write out a note to the DMV by hand, per their requirement, due to legal nonsense. During the same week, the cash register at the drive-thru died, and I had to mentally calculate my own change.