In the article “Why Collaborate” by Ellen Lupton she sheds some light on why she likes and dislikes working together. She went into detail about the positive and negative outcomes of working together. Ellen liked to work with a team that had their own defined roles and skill sets. She stated “It can be frustrating when a few people a doing the heavy lifting”. Ellen doesn’t mind working with a group however each member should be able to cooperate and all add the same value of work to the project. Ellen went on that more can be achieved by working with a group that by working by yourselves. She talks about how outside of forced group work and school, many groups of people have voluntarily worked together to do amazing things.  In school students create social networks that can last a life time and are a source of artistic inspiration. Ellen stated that “Successful collaborations are like democracy writ small”. Collaborations are resourceful, fun and can be productive depending on the peers participating with you.