I don't want to be too harsh on other people's spelling, as I still make plenty of mistakes as well. My education was in the Netherlands. But also there (I could say "their" as well in this case I guess) standards have dropped and the older generation have the same complaints.

My mum (83) told me off a few months back when I used the wrong Dutch word for something, which was actually drummed into me when I was young, but had forgotten over the years. I had to laugh  though. She made me feel as if I was 10 again. My excuse that I had been living in England for the last 24 years fell on deaf ears.