Admittedly, you're not a great speller but use spellcheck.
He's either a horrific speller or is guilty of multiple typos and not using spellcheck. As mentioned, he may be foreign.
I'd call myself a good speller (don't ask about my 8th grade trophy
) but hit it wrong once in a blue, and am guilty of typos galore.
I'm not so sure it's appropriate to judge without knowing the circumstances, although I agree that many people simply don't care. I don't know how schools are elsewhere but, in Florida, our teachers are forced to spend so much time preparing to pass this FCAT that the kids are not taught some of the more crucial basics. Spelling is one of those. My kids turn in essays for English, yes I said
English, where points are not deducted for misspellings. Blows my mind.