Logan asked me two questions in my response to this article, and I feel some more clarity is needed to explain my position. First, I commented that grammar was still a huge issue in some of the papers I've read in the class I've shadowed. At least four papers that I've read, the meaning has been obscured by the lack of correct grammar, and in many more, significant points have been lost due to not capitalizing, fragments, and lack of "internal" punctuation (commas, semicolons, dashes, etc.) I'm not sure if this is the norm in every class, but it leads into my second point of students not being prepared for higher level courses if they can't use grammar correctly -- I don't think that higher level professors would accept that level of work in their classrooms, and it could definitely affect their future career. Students should be able to communicate correctly and efficiently through writing, and if they have no or only a small grasp on grammar, they won't be taken seriously in many cases, nor communicate what they're trying to say accurately.