text: In the end, most students are better off just going to school and learning under the guidance of physical teachers and interacting with other students in the school environment. Long distance learning programs offer more issues than benefits and would stifle the way in which students learn and grow in many different ways. This is why long distance learning programs are not a viable alternative to traditional schools.Summer break can lead to a fallback in students' learning from the previous year. In order to combat this problem, many schools have projects for the students over summer break to ensure that students maintain the skills that they learned in school. Some of these projects might require a lot of work, while others are less labor intensive. However, one thing is true for all of these projects. They should be student designed because this insures that the students will be engaged with the project, gives teachers a better understanding of what students are passionate about, and is the most fair way to give students work over a break.