I guess both without education you can't enter the trade and gain experience.There are several terms in forex and you need to know them first before you start trading.
Those terms are ??
Knowing that long means buy and short means sell would help.
Also, not exactly a word, but a concept that's unique to currency trading - Long XXXUSD = Short USDXXX. Imagine a new person hearing that he should go long on the USD buying XXXUSD pairs.
So, I'll agree - some basic understanding of terminology is needed to avert disastrous newbie mistakes.
I'll take this discussion a step further. How much experience will it take to become proficient, assuming I educate myself as best I can?