text: Student-created projects have the ability to increase the knowledge of the material covered by the project, dramatically. It also gives the student a more pleasurable experience compared to a teacher-created assignment due to its interactive nature and more student catered experience through games and activities. However, the most important aspect of student-created projects is its ability to be a unique assignment that is perfectly created to address the needs and wants of that student as it is the student in question that is creating it. These three characteristics of student-created projects allows the student to grasp and retain the important information they need to learn and remember over the summer. It is my understanding that the student, the person who knows what they need to learn, should be given a project that caters to them and gives them the best opportunity to learn and remember information through a medium that allows them to understand the concept without getting bored of it. So why choose these standardized teacher-created assignments that are unable to meet the specific needs of its students? Why not go for the better option that allows students to flourish in their own creative and unique way? "Everybody has a special talent." I agree that everyone that goes to the school should participate in at least one extracurricular activity. When students participate in extracurricular activities, it could give them a subject to start thinking about, or even doing in school. For example every spring since I have been in third grade I have ran track for my school track team. When I started running track I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I thought, but then when I started running I then knew that that was what I wanted to do all throughout grade school. When you participate in an extracurricular activity it may lead you too get a scholarship of the collage of your choice, it can help you to see what subject your passionate in, and it can help relax you.