text: Most students like to have fun and forget about school during the summer. Having them have a assignment from a teacher would be more persuasive to do then having to pick your own assignment. A teacher-designed project would have more pressure on you and more willing to do it. If you have a task and know what you need to create a project on it would be more beneficial to the student, then them picking a topic they know a lot about. If they picked a project they felt comfortable on they wouldn't learn much over the break.