Event planner vs. pediatric surgeon?

Well, let's see. You don't need any education at all to be an event planner. A pediatric surgeon requires 4 years of college (major in anything and take the premed courses in bio, chem, physics, math, and English, keep your GPA over 3.5, do well on the MCATs), 4 year of medical school, 5 years of general surgical residency, and at least 2 more years of pediatrics and surgery training before you can get a job on your own - that's 15+ years of college and training. You can always become a surgeon and do event planning on the side, but you can't be an event planner and do surgery on the side - not legally anyway.