Stephen Hawking? Don't compare bad spelling to the medical condition of Stephen Hawking. If there was something he could work at to cure him so that he might speak, or get up and walk, he would do it.
But nothing stops poor spellers from looking up how to spell 'deceit,' or from clicking on the spellchecker button.
Maybe that's why employers value it: it can be an important measure of the value one places on self-improvement.
rofl, Stephen Hawking has a known disability. Tell us, did this person have a bad night, was she tired as heck when she wrote her post. Is she Dyslexic. Hmmm. But we can extrapolate that she has no skills because of your assumptions and your sure judgement just like one can extrapolate from a resume that she's not even an IT student.. Gee, I'd like to have your intuition because right now, you seem superhuman.
I have a friend on this site that posted an article with attrocious spelling errors earlier tonight and that was incoherent. She's smart, Her point was deriveable; but, it was still incoherent. It was a post on Democracy and religion which she asked me to critique - unfortuneatly after she posted it. My knowing what she meant didn't matter. People were not as brutal as I expected but she did get beat up a little, though I haven't checked it In a while. I'm sure she's probably been pretty thoroughly brutalized over it by now. I could still tell her it needed work without having to brutalize her. She just seems to have rushed through her thoughts to get them posted and didn't do well with spelling or construction of her thoughts. It was a big hunk to bite off without a lot of thought and I told her so. She isn't the best speller; but, she is tackling a big issue and has a pretty good bead on it. She just wasn't good in expressing it coherently.
So do we discount her as some hapless idiot, or do we seek clarification so we can understand he point she was trying to get accross and maybe stimulate some debate or, God forbid, learn something.
I value self-improvement; but, I don't believe self-improvement necessarily requires a College degree. Nor do I make rash judgements based on an informal chat session in an internet chat room. And given that she didn't post a resume or come here for an interview; but, to try to put a grievance into words... I really don't put much stock in your personal opinion of a person based on a single thread and no background. Very presumptuous. How about if we picked the worst posting you've ever made and judge your entire life based on it. I'm sure you have never screwed up a post in your life. God knows I have in my time and I'll do it again. Based on your presumption, I should be a poor quality worker with no redeeming value. On the other hand, I've never had to ask for a raise at my current job in an environment where it is rare to get one at all, much less two in four years based on performance - and bonuses on top of that. Even got my anual reviews in writing and signed by my bosses. Stellar performance. But hey, what does the truth matter - we have your far reaching intuition..