text: Students will do what they need to learn. The last thing a student wants is to fill their mind with stuff that wont help them next year. By being able to choose, students know exactly what they need in order to make sure they come to school refreshed. Teachers, while knowing what can be good for a student, dont always know exactly what the student needs to learn and what they already know or wont need next year. Students dont want to be assigned stuff that will make the project more like a chore and less like a way to stay on top of their learning. Students learn a lot in a year and having to do geometry when they will be taking algebra next year isnt going to make the transition easy. If they can choose how to learn they can exactly pick what will help them next year, without having to fill there head with stuff that wont help them.