The only real thing that I can think of that I regret is that English somehow believes it exists in a world of its own. In high school I was taught English and we were fed the basics of literature and writing. For me being interested in politics I was never allowed to read political works and analyze the language of those texts. That would have been a different world for me honestly. When I got into college and began my study of politics their language was foreign to me. I'm not saying that the literature that I read was useless or bad, I just wish I had the option to explore language and its use in different settings than the common form that is taught now. That would probably be my best suggestion. Allow the students to on occasion explore the language they find most intriguing whether its science, politics, history, or fiction.