text: During the freshman year of high school, the school attempted to utilize a system called personalized learning. The idea behind this system was to have assignments tailored to the expectations of teachers and students, and be as engaging for that specific student. It failed spectacularly. Many students skipped significant portions of the day, because teachers didn't create many assignments. Others sat on their phone in class, pretending to work. The problem was the amount of work expected from the teachers. The teacher was expected to know exactly what level each person was at, and to create something unique for each student. That is an unbelievable amount of work to put on a single adult. With the system of student-designed projects, however, students would know their own level. Students would know where they struggle, and where they thrive. Students would know how to create something that meets their expectations, and it would be quite simple for the teacher to confirm that this assignment is up to their standards as well. While asking each student to create an entire year's worth of content would be asking a lot of the student, running into the issues discovered in the personalized learning fiasco, this system would ask them to make one assignment, a much more manageable task.