Texchappy
I don't have much to add since I don't know what all I'd have to learn but I will make some observations on what is my about month long woodworking course.

1. We all learn differently. I'm a visual learner, others are auditory, others need to do. Even as a visual learner, I'm finding that I have to put it into practice more than I do in my academic pursuits.

2. I've found that I'm reading and re-reading the books that were recommended to me as I started. Things that I missed or didn't understand open up more and more as I go back after having tried (and often failed). Many times I will have missed something or disregarded something as unimportant that really helped when I went back and read.

3. I feel very ill-prepared for the wily ways of wood. I'm not sure if I could get much from books but even then there isn't much in the ones I've read that start me down that road.

My 2p (not adjusted for inflation or exchange rates).