text: Lastly, summer projects should be student-designed because it teaches the student to follow a responsibility. If project is designed by the teacher, students will know in the back of their head what they specifically need to work on and they won't find that extra time for critical thinking. Most of the students will keep delaying their project because they know their already provided with what they need to work on. This makes it important to give the students a chance to get something completed in their own time with their own thoughts and ideas.