text: First of all, school projects should be student-designed because it gives the students the opportunity to choose the material they want to learn which will make the projects more interesting since they will be geared towards their interests. For instance, when I was in 10th grade at Generic_School, I was assigned a project along with a group of students in my AP World History class where we were to research any period of history and make a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class. As a group, we agreed on choosing the Great Depression because we all had a decent amount of background knowledge about the specific topic. Therefore, each group member could contribute their views and researched information to the presentation, meaning there wasn't one member who didn't participate in the project. Furthermore, another instance would be when my sister, Generic_Name, was assigned a project in her orchestra class at Generic_School where she was given the project to find a song online and play it for the class. The thought of choosing her own song brought her so much joy since she could choose a song by some of her favorite artists: Owl City, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry. She decided on choosing the song Blank Space by Taylor Swift becuase it wouldn't be too challenging or to easy for her to play. Each day, leading up to the due date, she practiced for at least an hour so she could play for the class without any mistakes. Generic_Name forgot that she was doing a school project because of how much fun she was having playing the song. Projects don't have to be something to dread completing when they can be easily geared towards the students interests, leading to substantial success in the end.