Your vs. You're vs Yore

[Red Celt]

For what it's worth, I find competency in spelling and grammar to bear no relation to intelligence or wit.

Knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing. The internet is a written medium, so (whether you like it or not) you will be judged on your ability to perform with the written word.

For me, it's like... I was paying attention during English lessons. Some people, however, were too busy passing a note to Emily Jenkins so that she could pass the note to Sarah Brown asking if she could meet them by the bike sheds for a kiss after school.

And now, I'm being judged harshly because I have the knowledge that others couldn't be arsed to gain (and retain). If we have to keep dumbing-down everything to the lowest common denominator, we (as a species) have basically stopped evolving and progressing. We're all stuck in the Stupid Class, working to the same levels of mediocrity.

For me, when I point out a spelling mistake, it isn't so I can feel all superior and "better" than the other person. I'm doing it so as to help them be better. Lots of little steps and everyone can be more knowledgeable than they were before. This seems like a good thing, to me. It certainly seems like a better thing, surely?