Nah, that thinking is kinda like thinking that the advantage of a medical doctor failing you is that you learn how to suture your own wound and learn how to independently diagnose your own physical ailment. In that case, most of us would die.

There is nothing wrong with dependency. We live in a social world. We all depend on others for our survival. We need each other. None of us can claim independence. It is o.k. to receive and to give. How cold our world would be if we each raised the flag of independence and proclaimed our territory sacrosanct and inviolable. Such a vision is so terribly sad.