It is not foolish to acquire skills if you don't have the opportunity to get educational qualifications. It depends the one that's more realistic for you to to first. Not everyone has the opportunity of getting educated at the initial stage of their life, does it mean that they should waste their life waiting for education? The best approach is to get your skills and make your living from there. And when you have raised money for practicing your skills, you can proceed in getting education by registering in the part time studies. Everyone one good things in life, but it's unfortunate that people don't usually get all that they want at the initial stage, but gradually you will build towards that by starting with the best option that present itself.
It would be foolish if we were given the opportunity to get educational qualifications but turned it down because of the misconception that education and degrees are no longer important in today's era. A misconception is being spread by unemployed recent graduates.
On the contrary, if we are not lucky enough and do not have the conditions to get educational qualifications. Learning a skill is an extremely wise decision because there is no better way for people without education to still have opportunities in life. Skills are the best solution for them.
Without educational qualifications and degrees, you can never be successful, and you cannot be successful only with a degree. In the present era, degree certificates and practical skills are equally valuable. I think there should be no debate about education and skills, because in the present era and in the future, the need for both is equally important. That is why if someone has the opportunity to get education, if he ignores it, it will be his biggest mistake. Education is something that is never unnecessary, and not everyone gets the opportunity to receive it, because many are deprived of education due to their financial situation, so if someone has the opportunity to receive education, then he must take it, and along with receiving education, one must acquire practical skills, if you can achieve both subjects with equal importance, you will definitely be able to go to a much greater level in the future.