Proper spelling - is it that important?

I also understand that language evolves, but not because some asshole students can't learn how to spell properly.

It's not hard: if you don't know how to spell it, look it up.

Sometimes, people think they know how to spell something and they've been doing it wrong all the while. If you get something tagged on your paper for misspelling (fuck you, misspelling is correct), perhaps you should investigate it!

It makes my SKIN CRAWL when I see some papers (yes, I do get to see academic papers, compliments of my sister) with words that have been mangled into oblivion, I want to know why professors aren't taking points off -or even mentioning it- to their students.

"It's about the content, not the grammar or spelling" is the response I usually get.

How can students know if they're fucking a word up if they're not told.

I'm no college graduate, but I do my damnedest to present myself in an acceptable fashion.

I get sick to my stomach when I see college graduates not spelling words properly. It seems that it is the BASIC FOUNDATION of a good education to at least give a shit about how things are spelled.

So yea, after that long rant, I am saying that you don't twist the English language to accommodate some punk-ass lazy fuckwits. There are ways to remember how to spell things (I use them ALL THE TIME without thinking - "accommodate" is one of them!); people should start using what they learned in school.

Jam it back in, in the dark.