text: Student designed projects could be great since they can make how difficult it is for them, but this is not a good idea. A teacher designed summer project is the way to go because the teachers can choose how challenging the projects are for their students. For example, students would try to make their projects very easy for them to complete so that they could do less work, but this would not allow them to learn very much. Teachers would make sure that the topic encourages the student to push themselves and use what they have learned through out the school year to complete it. This way the students would not forget the material they have learned the past year and go into the next school year fresh and ready to go.