text: I strongly encourage our principal to rethink his decision on requiring all students to participate in extracurricular activities. This decision fully impacts the students, and we should be allowed to have a say in the matter. We are being forced to put our priorities on hold, try to maintain focus, and be limited to our freedoms. Students have to stand up for themselves and we have to take back control of our lives.     Some schools across the country require that over the students summer break they complete a project designed to keep them learning at all times. However one question people have is who should create and design the projects, students or teachers. While I could see why it might be beneficial to have a teacher design these types of projects I think that the students would get more out of them if they create it themselves. One reason I believe that students would benefit more from creating the projects themselves is that teachers dont always know how every student learns best. Another reason I think students would gain more from the projects they create is they would be open ended and could be about anything the student wants it to be about. Another reason I think students would gain more by creating these projects is they would be more motivated because they care about those topics and ideas. Another reason I think it is a great idea to have these projects be student run is time constrictions. During the summer students get busy with stuff like going on trips, hanging out with friends, doing any summer sports and just getting to do what they enjoy. So if these projects were student run they could pick the deadlines on days that work for them without getting in the way of there summer plans. While I can see why teachers would want to design these types of projects There is more evidence showing that if the students design them they will get more out of them.