text: Teachers and parents alike may agree that it is more beneficial to have teacher designed projects, since they have more structured experience as well as having mastered the material. While this is a valid argument, with teacher designed projects, not all student's learning needs can be catered to. This is because every child has different strengths and weaknesses with different thought processes, especially having been away from school material for that period of time. Also, although teachers may have better structure and organization with their ideas having more experience, students need to develop those independent thinking and idea making skills for their higher education and overall knowledge. This said, teacher's should not be the ones to design summer projects.