I wonder if it would make it better if teachers would explain to you that this bit is not very useful in and of itself, but we do it to practice writing and because other people think we should. It might dissuade some people from pursuing English literature degrees in college, but that's probably not a bad thing. Would the honesty help at all?

I didn't hate literature class in highschool but I think I might have liked it better if I wasn't so confused about why the various arguments and analysis seemed so tenuous to me. Fundamentally, the analysis of literature is the least productive skill we teach kids in high school, although writing is still very important.