Mind it.

As the daughter of two journalists, I was always scolded (still am) for using incorrect language. Any language. Be it Marathi, English, Hindi. No mistake was overlooked; still isn't. And for that, I am grateful.
Because I was constantly reminded of the importance and the need for good and correct language, I find it impossible to stand wrong use of, and misspelled, words, grammatically incorrect sentences, unnecessary use of too many full stops at the end of a sentence.
We are taught the very basic rules of grammar in the first and second grade, with verbs, adjectives, adverbs, punctuations. And yet 20 year olds today say "I dint got u're massage.......". How? Just how? Also, 'massage'?! Please know the difference between 'mAssage' and 'mEssage'. Ten years of schooling and they were not taught that the regular form of the verb is used after 'did'; not the past tense? I used to find this amusing but I realised it was not the kid's mistake. It was the teachers. Every time. Maths teachers, science teachers, history teachers are not bothered about language, at all. It's still going to be "Ram did not buy enough milk with the money given to him," or "Tipu Sultan did fight like a lion," even if it's a word problem in math or a history fact.
The other problem is, the students/people don't care about their language either. SMS made a convenient excuse for wrytng lyk dis. No capitals after a fullstop was backed by emails. "....!!" this expression makes no sense at all, which is why, I thought, it was used only on Facebook. But no, I was wrong. It is used in headlines in Marathi newspapers and Hindi news channels. Movie titles like 'I hate luv stories' do not help either.
Then there's the fundamental flaw in pronunciation of similar sounding words. There is a difference between sheep and ship, meal and mill, except, expect and accept. Has this been forgotten? Or was it never taught?
How many of us, from my generation, in English medium schools, had all the teachers speaking perfect English? I, for one, did not. I could speak better english than so many of the teachers of my school. It was because the non-language teachers just didn't care. They still don't. Hell, if the editors of the state board 11th standard texbooks don't know English, I suppose I shouldn't expect much from the teachers.
How are we supposed to trust our education if teachers don't know basic grammar, be it any language? The scary part is, it's not just at the kindergarten level. It's at the school level, junior college level, AND at the degree college level, too. Does no one find that disheartening?
I don't expect everyone to know about every figure of speech. Just basic grammar. Is that too much to ask for?