As I began to think about this article, I asked myself, why do I still have to take English classes? Each topic seems to have a direct connection to my daily life. Science allows me to understand how the physical world works through qualitative analysis, and mathematics provides the tools necessary to understand the physical world quantitatively. Social sciences give me the opportunity to look at the past, learn from the mistakes of others and understand how the social world works. Finally, a foreign language allows me to communicate in the international community and discover world cultures. However, English seems to be the exception after college, most students are proficient enough in the English language to read and write technical documents, memos, and communicate with others. Therefore, what is the purpose of studying English in high school and college? In the book 1984 by George Orwell, we see a situation where the government uses language in which every idea can only be expressed with one word to control the population. This population is incapable of rebelling because they are not able to effectively spread their ideas through language. One of the major activities catalyzed by the corrupt government of 1984 is the shift from the English language to "Newspeak", a language in which, as one of the characters says, "every concept... will be conveyed by exactly one word » (52). This fundamental motivation behind "Newspeak" is to remove from the English language any words that could be used to overthrow or energize a population. The vocabulary they drop would be similar to where our English education ends at the end of middle school. This limited vocabulary contains novels, poetry, and speeches to see how some of the greatest minds have argued their points in order to form our own arguments. Additionally, the reason Big Brother was able to stay in power was because the people did not have the tools to analyze the fallacies of his argument and, without the tools to create an argument against him, they had no method of rebellion . On the other hand, we see rebellion every day, editorials are commonly written about those in power, and the constant (although sometimes tedious) discourse keeps the vast majority of the United States informed and forces us to consider the arguments presented by leaders in a new light. light. Therefore, we always take English in high school and college in order to understand the different arguments presented to us daily and as we saw in 1984, weak education can lead to the enslavement of a nation whole..