text: STUDENT_NAMEA glass box. A glass box is what many teachers and schools put one in. While a student is in school there is never really much room for choosing ones path in their work. For all class work there is directions, for all project there is directions , and for all exams there is directions. Students never really get to design or create what they want to do for ones classes. Recently some schools have been testing the water to see what the benefits of having student- designed work by allowing students to design some summer projects. Although many might say it is not a smart idea to allow students to design summer projects because students will just always pick the easy way out, having a restrictive project with so many directions and rules will not benefit the student in any way, nor will it help the teacher. It does not help the students in any way because all the directions in a teacher designed project truthfully makes all the project cookie cutter, which in the long run is not helping anyone because it is not showing the teacher the true potential of the child. All school should allow student- designed projects because it allows students to express their creativity,it shows teacher the students strong suits, and it allows teachers to see what the student still needs help with.