text: Another reason that students should not create their own assignment is that it most likely will not be relevant to what the teacher is expecting. When students are given the freedom to design their own prompts, many would choose topics that they are interested in, such as sports or certain activities, such as going on a walk. Those prompts have a tendency to turn into a 'what I did over the summer' project, which is very likely not what the teacher wants from a student's work. Sometimes a teacher may want that style of project, but more often than not it is more academically minded than that style.