text: Another reason why summer projects should be designed by teachers is that the difficulty of the project can be chosen by the teachers. During summer, students really don't like to do much and rarely even think about school. They are busy relaxing and enjoying their time away from school. After all, summer is basically just a period where students get to enjoy being AWAY from school. Knowing this, why do people think student-designed projects are better/more beneficial than teacher-designed projects? I don't know about you, but if I was given the option to pick my summer project, I would most definitely not make it very hard. Do you think students want to be working on a project during their summer break? The answer to that is no. So its pretty obvious to see that when given the option of a harder topic, and an easier one, students will almost always choose the easier one. However, when students are given a project designed by the teachers, they have no choice but to complete it because it is specifically required for the class they are taking. With teacher-designed projects, teachers are able to pick a harder topic which will challenge students more and allow them to not slack off as much during the break. Overall, when teacher-designed projects help insure that a student will not pick a so called "easy" topic and will not slack off as much during the long period of time away from school.