text: First off, by having the teacher make the assignment it makes it easier on the students and their learning throughout the summer. The teacher knows exactly what the students need to learn or at least be introduced to by the beginning of the next school year. By having the teachers design the projects the students will learn all the materials needed for the next year as well as learn new materials that will be introduced. Staying on topic to the things the students have learned or will learn will increase the understanding and overall success in the classroom for the following year. It also insures that the students will actually learn something through the summer rather than sitting at home forgetting everything they had just learned. Another reason for the teachers to be in favor of designing the project would be that different subjects have different requirement. For example a Chemistry project will be entirely different than an English project. By having the teacher design to project it will insure that the students will learn something based on that specific subject instead of having a general topic for every subject, which would not benefit anyone.