Collaboration is important -- especially in their expansive definition of "collaboration", which includes "getting along with others" and not kicking people. B

Collaboration is important -- especially in their expansive definition of "collaboration", which includes "getting along with others" and not kicking people. But why is collaboration THE core, such that "Everything we do, in the classroom or at home, has to be built on that foundation." ... I could argue that good collaboration is built on a solid foundation of being able to think and act for yourself.