text: I understand why some may believe that summer assignments should be required in order to allow the child to learn and become independent in their education, but that's not efficient or helpful to the students' education. If anything, the child will become more dependent on friends and the internet to find the information, and as stated before, most of the assignments, from what I have seen, only have the information that will be learned during the school year. This and the amont of unfairness in educational opportunities, is why students should be allowed to give their brains a break instead of worrying over summer assignments during the break,