Quote from: SUPERSAIAN on Today at 09:59:22 PM

Basic education and skill. Sports immediately came to mind. Most football players lack basic education, but thanks to their skills, they can earn money most people can't. A person can also train themselves later. Skills seem more important to me, but both are possible, but sometimes you have to sacrifice some things from education to improve your skills. In such cases, if I had to choose, I would focus on skills.

I don't think school education is as important anymore as it was in the past.

When we make a wider scope, education and skills actually complement each other, it is only that some people see better results of skills that have a direct impact on the generation of income. I agree that skills can lead to easy livelihood, but the basic education offers the basis that can enable us develop ourselves more regular. Suppose that one would rely only on talent, and then, there emerged a situation where the body and circumstances might not be supportive, then such an individual would not survive without other roots.

Conversely having education without particular skill can slot in as one does not have any particular skills and does not require extensive time to learn other skills with a trained mind. I guess we should not make a choice either-or but rather to set priorities with regards to our age. Skills can promise short term success, but education promises survival over time and in real life we require the combination of both.