text: The electoral college isn't a complete public enemy, however. The electoral votes are decided based upon a popular vote, so they reflect the public's interest, if a little distorted. Maine and Nebraska have an alternate setup of "proportional representation" as explained in article one. If anything is to be done, a simple reform would suffice. if electoral votes were awarded per a set number of people, it would better reflect the population than if votes were awarded entirely based upon the will of a state as a whole.    Many schools require their students to complete a summer project during break to assure that they continue learning while not in school. Some are simple, such as writing an essay about events that happen over the summer, while others are long and grueling such as keeping a detailed log of every day, which is something one teachers from Generic_School had us do. Some students however, find teacher-designed assignments to be a chore and a struggle because they are not interesting or engaging. In order to fix this problem, I believe that summer projects should be student-designed because the students can choose topics that will interest them and engage them, and because the projects will feel more relevant and engaging to students in similar age groups.