A disturbing Trend

Ugh. I am so incredibly tired of the attitude that spelling and coherent
grammar are only important in a classroom. People love to say things like
"You understood what I meant, so shut up."

Well, no. If you can't be bothered to present yourself as someone who is
concerned with how they appear in print, I cannot be bothered to take you
seriously. In this age of spell-check (hey, even this stupid internet
connection to my email has it!), there is simply no excuse for putting posts
out there with grossly misspelled words. An occasional typo is one thing;
spelling basic words wrong is quite another.

I know that smart people spell badly--Dr. Palmer at CSUS was a terrible
speller, even though she was one of the smartest Literature professors I've
known. But she never, in the two years I spent around her, handed anything
to her students with spelling or grammatical errors of any kind on it. She
made sure it was right before she printed it out. Because she understood
that right or wrong, people will assume that you don't know what you're
talking about if you can't be bothered to look professional in your
correspondence.

Unfortunately, I seem to be in the minority with this view, and I weep for
the future.