Different ways of learning.
If I read it I will remember it.
If I hear I am the proverbial, in one ear and out the other unless you are really interesting and the information is dense. In that case I will be taking notes, which I will then read and toss.
My eye brain connection is good, ear brain is dicey. Except for poetry. That I will hear and remember.
That is practically just like me.
I guess my mind was geared more to learning and retention that others my age, since I was raised alone by my grandfather out in a rural setting with bad TV reception..................