text: Some may believe that teacher-designed p assure learning over break because they believe that teachers know what students need to do stimulate their brains. While this reasoning is understandable, it is false because when students are able to design their own projects that focus on their interest and needs they are more likely to benefit from them and they are more likely to put aside the time to complete them. Two years ago, over the summer I spent a week on my dad's boat, I spent a week at summer camp, and I hung out with my friends. All those activities took up the majority of my summer. Summer went by so fast and before I knew it there was a week until school started and I still hadn't read the book we were assigned. If my summer project would have been student-designed I could have made it so that it fit my needs and interest. By doing so I would have continue to learn throughout the summer rather than over two days at the end of break. All schools should have student-designed projects if they actually want students to learn over break and turn in well done projects.