text: With that being said, the law banning texting and driving should be mandatory in each state. Texting is so commonplace and prevalent that it is up to lawmakers to ensure the safety of drivers on the road. Many people do not realize that texting while driving can be just as dangerous as driving while drunk. It is up to the lawmakers to help protect that one person out of two hundred who does make it home each night.      These summer projects that some schools require students to do should be teacher-designed. If the project is teacher-designed it will challenge the students on what they know and what they might need to learn. Since the projects are teacher-designed you can always ask a teacher for help if needed. Because the projects are designed by teachers, they could also be preparing you for the subject for the next school year. These three points help prove why a teacher-designed project is better than a student-designed one.