text: A teacher designed summer project would limit student freedom, something students get little of during the year. Summer break is meant to be a break from the teachers and the school work, so for the school to give a break and then assign teacher made summer projects seems very hypocritical. A teacher designed summer project is the equivalent of giving a kid a toy and saying that if you don't play with it the exact way that I say, you'll be in big trouble tomorrow. That's why if summer projects are necessary, they should be designed by students.