text: In addition, allowing students to design their own projects lets them decide what fits best in their schedule. Believe it or not, students have lives too. While of course this doesn't apply to all students, we can't just completely disregard the lives of the ones who it does apply to. Over summer, some students work, some travel, some see family, and so on. Let's say a teacher were to design the project, and a student had something come up, or it just didn't fit well into their schedule. The project would not be done to the best of their ability or may not be done at all. Then, the student will be the one who pays for it. Allowing students to design their own projects eliminates all of these issues.