text: Students are very subjective when it comes to the topic of their own assignments. Most students would prefer to receive no summer assignments. If they had the opportunity to assign their own summer projects they would try to give themselves as little work as possible. In 6th grade my teacher gave my class an assignment called the "genius hour project" in which the students had the entire year to research any topic they were interested in. Many students took advantage of the nature of the project and tried to give themselves as little work as possible. Some students even "learned" topics they were already well versed in to try to put in as little effort as possible. Even if this is a small sample size it shows the nature of students and how they are willing to take the path of least resistance even if they dont really learn anything.