Each Fall, the nation's newspapers are filled with laments over the decline in the writing skills of college students. What makes this trend especially depressing is that a good many of the complaints are leveled by those who should know better--writing teachers. Today's students, "don't know how to--or even care to--express their views," churn out "illiterate or semiliterate scribbling" when they do, and have grammar so "atrocious" that their writing fails to meet the standards "once required of third-graders." Criticizing students' writing ability is nothing new. However, in this article, the author suggests, it might be more productive to teach them instead.