There's also the point that as an early grade-school aged child, you haven't learned how to learn. We look back and say "I'd just go find a book, read it, and

There's also the point that as an early grade-school aged child, you haven't learned how to learn. We look back and say "I'd just go find a book, read it, and then try some practice runs." To an 8 year old, that sequence of events in response to not knowing something is completely alien.