text: Doing something created by you is completely different from doing something made by another person. When you are given the opportunity to freely express yourself, it will most likely give you incentive to complete it. This directly connects to allowing students to create their own summer projects because giving students the opportunity to explore something that interests them creates motivation. In addition to that, student-designed projects will ultimately lead to better grades. Having motivation to complete something will make you put more effort into the assignment. On the contrary, some people may continue to insist that teacher-designed projects lead to better scores because students can receive easily help due to the criteria made specifically for the project. However, they are wrong because student-designed projects are more beneficial to grades because they make students more motivated, and motivation leads to more effort placed into the project.