Writing faux pas

When reading a paper or article with improper grammar or errors, I only notice the mistakes that would disrupt my readings and make it hard to understand the concept. I only look for grammar errors when I need to fix a person’s paper, not when I am reading casually. I have had teachers that taught me to write in a certain way to get a point across, while others have told me to write with detail and explanation to get the feeling across. When I would write one way in a class, the teacher would say it was done incorrectly, even if the comma placement, sentence structure, and wording was flawless. Some people are really bothered by small errors but the only thing that bothers me is when people try to write their formal papers in a way that they would normally speak. It comes off as too casual and sometimes sentences and ideas seem to struggle. Teachers are told to educate their students on how to put together sentences correctly, using proper grammar, proper wording, and punctuation. It is their job to find mistakes and explain why they are wrong, but sometimes teachers cross the line. Like I said earlier, sometimes a teacher crosses the line when they try to dictate how a student’s voice should sound, even when he or she has their own way of writing. I think if students were to write more, they would get a better understanding of what kind of errors are okay and which ones need to be fixed, especially if it changes the idea of what the student wants to portray. Some mistakes can be forgiven, like when it comes to voice, but other mistakes have to be fixed.