text: Students would develop many new skills if their summer projects were designed by them. The students would develop responsibility in the sense that they have to hold themselves accountable and actually do their job of creating the project. Most students are used to their teachers assigning them projects so this would also force them to get out of their comfort zone and do something their not used to. If the projects were student-designed it would also teach the students time management skills since they would have to create and complete their own project by the end of the summer.