Honestly, no. But the nine-year-old (at the time) understood explicit things, while not necessarily grokking implicit things. That doesn't make implicitness of

Honestly, no. But the nine-year-old (at the time) understood explicit things, while not necessarily grokking implicit things. That doesn't make implicitness of less value. IMO, seeing things makes understanding them easier at first - it doesn't mean you don't learn.