Many schoolchildren and students are taught to push themselves and try hard to be better than their classmates, rather than work together for everyone's benefits. Do the disadvantages of training students to be competitive outweigh the advantages?

Education systems often encourage students to outperform their classmates, even though adult life increasingly depends on teamwork and shared problem-solving. I believe the disadvantages of training students to be excessively competitive outweigh the advantages, although a moderate level of competition can still motivate effort.