I believe here [NZ] the end of school exams no longer require the student to even spell the word correctly, and also allow a lot of the abbreviations that the kids use in their phone conversations.
Could this lead to the end of the human race?
In the OLD days, a bloke would try and chat a girl, resulting, if he had been lucky, an increase in mankind.
Now, three kids sit on the same sofa, each with a phone in their hands, and text each other, and never a word is spoken.
End result? no increase in mankind,  
Just as well I will shuffle off the stage before it gets too far down that road.