text: Lastly, although students designing their own projects would make it easier for them, they don't actually know what they need to be learning for the upcoming school year. Students would make up a random assignment they already have knowledge about so they could finish it quickly and efficiently without putting in any real work. But summer assignments exist to assure students continue to learn during their break. Having them assign work to themselves would defeat the purpose of doing summer projects. Teachers, however, know exactly what they need to know in order to move on to the next grade. Students would be able to learn useful information required for the upcoming year instead of wasting their time and the teachers time with work that doesn't actually teach anything.