English class is made to help practice writing. The meaning of the essays themselves are very pointless, but the only reason they have you do it is so you can write more coherently, with minimal grammatical errors. Reason being is because school is one of the only places they can force you to write, as most people choose not to write outside of school, not developing any writing skills. Not saying that you have that issue at all. I'm only stating my feelings towards English class.