text: The big difference between normal projects during the school year and summer projects during summer break, is that normal projects are almost always teacher-designed since teachers are the ones grading the project, giving a guideline to follow will be the best for the teacher to understand what a student learned. These projects are also during the school year where students are always in a mindset to learn and focus on their work. Summer projects, however, are during summer break where students' mindset are relaxed and not focused. To have projects during break already makes a student stressed but to also have them teacher-designed adds another level of stress. The pressure of knowing what is being graded and matching up to the teacher's expectations during what is supposed to be a pleasurable, relaxing, and free-minded time, will damage the student's mentality and work ethics later in life.