" it is obvious the average college student has little or no concept of written English."
and/or, im not giving a damn about such rules. im not saying im above them, but we could all learn to not be so dogmatic about such things.
Those "rules," as you put it, are there to make communication more easily understood. The English language (and any language, for that matter) has rules for the same reason mathematics has rules -- to ensure information is communicated accurately from the sender to receiver.
The fact you do not "give a damn" about such rules bespeaks a lack of discipline in your writing, and hence your thinking. This is, sadly, the state of the publicly-educated mind nowadays. My 17-year-old daughter is also a student of the e.e. cummings school of writing, making email communications with her problematic.