text: Students understand each other more than any teacher would. This is an advantage because students know how students learn and how much work is too much work. Since students know how other students learn, they can make the project a true learning experience. Most students who receive summer projects now will simply share the answers with their friends or search for them online. If students were to make the project, they know how to avoid these things and how to make it so that the students receiving the project can't cheat. Teachers may already know that other students cheat or share answers but there is not much they can do about it. Teachers also usually use the same summer project every year for quite some time. If students make them they will change every year, due to the fact that there are new students every year. Students also know when there is too much work and when there isn't enough. Teachers tend to overload because they feel students have the whole summer to work on this so all the work shouldn't be a problem. Realistically, no student is going to do homework everyday of their vacation and previous students understand that. With that being said, previous students will know how lengthy they should make this project and what to ask for from the students to test their knowledge but not overload them in work.