text: Lastly, teacher-designed summer assignments are more beneficial than student-designed ones as they help train specific skills that will be useful in the class. When students design summer assignments, they will tend to chose topics and formats that fit their interests and skillset. While this helps to boost the student's productivity and creativity, it fails to equip them with the necessary tools to succed. Teacher-designed summer assignments, however, work to develop the skills essential to success in the class as well as an understanding of the course's themes. Entering the school year with a basic understanding of a class' essential skills to succeed will benefit a student much more than if they desgigned work that fortified their preexisting skills. This is especially important for advanced placement and dual enrolment classes, both of wich move at a rapid pace and will not spend extra time fortifiying skills that could have been developed over the summer, such as writing, research, analysis, etc.