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I’m like a sponge, so whatever I hear, I’m soaking it up and then I’m trying to figure it out for myself.
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The speaker compares themselves to a sponge to explain how they take in what they hear. But absorbing information is only the first step: they then think it through and work out their own understanding rather than simply repeating it.
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