I think Practical is better. Though it still depends on what your subjects are. If your a student of Literature, you can't expect too much of a practicality. Though Engineering and stuff maybe the right streams for practicals.

Well practice...a theory doesn't matter if you don't practice it.

Theory its for loosers, jews and Kenny. Person like me use only practice.

Certainly practice must be better because you "practice" theory. Also, practice helps you develop long term memory for the item you are practicing. Personally, I see this with my children when they do homework. They may get the theory from the teacher, but they get the ability to do it themselves from the homework!

Has anyone done anything by the book or instructions? Learn only in practice.

I think that practice is better. You can forget theory after a few years but practice is more important.

To my mind practice is much more important than theory. I personally enjoy to learn something new practically first and then come back to the theory. Thus, later when reading some theoretical information it is much more understandable and doesn't seem to look so abstract. For istance when you learn how to drive a car it is way better to have a practical tutorial session first in order to get familiar with the car structure and then take up your theoretical material. Otherwise, having read highway code and all the books concerning car driving, you may anyway feel unconfident and have much doubts on how to start your engine.

I will say practice. Practice makes perfect. If you want to excel at something, it is going to take practice.