text: The first reason why summer projects should be student designed is so the teacher wont have to worry about finding a topic every student will enjoy. If the teacher picks a topic that some students dont like or struggle with, then the students will be less likely to put in effort. Therefore, the students should design their own project so they will be encouraged to complete it and work hard on it. For example, one year my class was assigned a poetry assignment over winter break, and when we came back to school only a handful of students had done it. All the students that did it all had interest in poetry. This shows that teacher designed project arent the best way to go when it comes to projects over the break.