For a beginner, I could not agree more. Shooting touch and goes is a GREAT excercise. There is nothing more important than learning how to land. As a brand new pilot it is going to be the most difficult and risky maneuver you can execute. Once you are soloing, I would make as many touch and goes as you can shoot with a tank of gas. Basically this will also allow you to practice a lot of things.

At 1st you will be doing a non touch touch and go where you will just graze across the runway without actually touching. As you improve you will probably next do a bounce touch and go, that is you will slow the plane down and it will basically bouce off of the runway where you will immediately throttle up and fly around. Eventually you will be able to do a rolling touch and go where you make a nice clean approach, land softly under total control and throttle up and roll down the runway then take back off. This is an absolute blast, even for advanced pilots. Touch and gos are an essential part of really learning to fly.