Test Throw-up

Is so much reading necessary. My Cognitive Development teacher basically told us that to get a good grade on his tests you need to read the material and regurgitate it back to him. Make sure you put it in the exact order as the text, it is logical there. What is the point of writing if you are going to say the same thing. It is like I am going to eat something and then go to the bathroom and throw it up as soon as I can in order to not digest any of it. How is that even helping our brain? Just read and repeat, read and repeat. We may learn the material, but how are we ever supposed to enjoy it? Or ever want to learn about it again?