The ghost of grammar past is swirling around me as two related articles/posts have recently crossed by path.
This infographic (which I believe was crated by Best Infographics and also found at http://www.onlinecollege.org/2013/02/12/does-texting-hurt-your-grammar/ and also found at http://visual.ly/does-texting-hurt-your-grammar) relates that "Children are more likely to remember these new texting rules and abbreviations than old school rules such as “i before e except after c” or other grammar rules."
Via Sandra V. Barbosa