text: Although many older students work during the summer, the amount of time spent working is often over-estimated by themselves because they are enjoying the lack of school work. This created the perception that students are already preoccupied where the fact is that they have plenty of additional time to work on and complete projects. The addition of projects will also reduce the amount of time spent in the first few months of school reviewing past content, as students will be more refreshed upon their return to the school work environment.