text: Projects are a great way to engage students into a topic, if a student picks a topic that they want, then their project will be a reflection of their own excellence. Student-designed projects are more than just projects, they are experiences and lessons that you simply can not obtain in any other way. Schools should allow their students to lead their own summer projects because the students will be more interested in the topics, they will learn more about the topics, and they will produce a better end product.