text: Projects can require a lot of planning, focus, and research. Student-designed summer projects will teach kids the importance of constructing their own projects and meeting requirements on their own. This would give students the chance to use their own voice on their project, and it would prepare them for the real world. Teachers often give out rubrics, resources, guidelines, etc. to students, but work is not always just going to be written out step-by-step for them. Without the babying of a teacher, students would learn to be confident in their own work and not second-guess themselves.