text: Lastly, some people may argue that a teacher-designed project would be better because it keep students from doing a project that is too easy or a project that makes no sense. Actually, a student-designed project is more difficult than it seems. Through a teacher-designed project, students are given rules and specific directions for their project that will help them focus on the research of about only one topic, but as for student-designed projects there is so many topics you can choose from that it can be difficult to come up with the main idea for your project. So no, it is not as easy as some may think and requires just as much effort (maybe even more) as a teacher-designed project. Furthermore, the claim that through a student-designed project, "students might create projects that make no sense", can also be said about teacher-designed projects. A student who is given a project from their teacher can also turn in their project and it can make no sense. So overall, student-designed projects are just as challenging as teacher-designed projects.