[WilliamofCarmichael]

Albert Einstein's early school life was fraught with difficulty. He exhibited behavioral problems, poor spelling, and was weak in language expression. Einstein's strengths lay in visual/spatial reasoning and problem solving, you see. You can accomplish good spelling by rote. You can buy spell checkers.

No, I don't think spelling trumps visual/spatial reasoning and problem solving abilities. Could be. Maybe so nowadays. Could be part of the PC stuff that's doing strange things.

[CobaltBlue]

It's a myth that Einstein was a poor student. He did not go to school when he was young because he was sickly. But when he did go to school, he was a good student.
http://www.fmnh.org/museum_info/press/press_einstein_quiz.htm
http://members.fortunecity.com/alberteinstein/e=mc2/physics/einstein_truth.htm

Yes, you can buy spell checkers. But spell checkers can't help people who think that spelling is "trivial" and that everybody else is stupider than they are. For that, you need a personality transplant.