The education system between competition and collaboration

The graded school system encourages competition instead of cooperation.
We get punished for helping our neighbor in an exam and we get berated for bad grades.
Instead of working together to improve themselves and their knowledge, students are pitted against each other in a fierce competition over grades.
This toxic cycle continues in the workplace as employees hoard information, sabotage projects, and seek personal advancement rather than collective progress. 

Skills that make organizations thrive like knowledge sharing, collaborative problem-solving, and mutual support are systematically frowned upon from childhood. 

We condition kids to see others as a threat to their development rather than a partners in their achievements.

This leads to a workplace where innovation stagnates and where a lot of energy is wasted on protecting one's turf.

Dealing with challenges requires the collaborative work that our educational system actively undermines with its maladaptive teaching methods.