text: Historically reknown philospher Aristotle once proclaimed "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet". It is time for society to shy away from the ignorance the digital era and reprioritize what we envision from the "roots" of education. Is that vision a monotone learning platform that discourages flexibility and creative thinking? Or is it rather an acedemically rigorous environment which promotes inter and intrapersonal skills in the workforce as well as daily life. The fruit of potential awaits. Students are usually on their phones and doing other mindless tasks during summer break, and they don't stimulate their brains. As a result, some schools assign summer projects to ensure that their students learn over the summer and are better prepared for the next school year. These schools debate on assigning teacher-designed projects, which have specific guidelines, or student-designed projects, which allow for more creative freedom. These summer projects should be student-designed because students would be able to personalize their projects, the projects would be more enjoyable, and the students would put in more effort into their products.