text: Students typically don't look forward to learn or do school projects over their longest break of the year, and they certainly are in no position to design the projects that they complete over summer. During summer, all students really want to do is relax and enjoy their time off since they look forward to summer break all year. The last thing they want to do is complete a project. If students were to design summer projects themselves, it would be a disaster. If they were given this privilege, students would take this opportunity to make the project so it wouldn't be as thoughtful or engaging like a project that a teacher would design. Frankly, they would make the project so it wouldn't take much work and effort to complete it, making it easy enough where they wouldn't learn at all. It's understandable that they would do this because most students don't want to do projects over summer, and having teacher design projects forces students to actually learn and engage with the material. Students simply are not suited to design projects for their summer break, it's like having students make their own exam in class, it frankly doesn't really work out because exams and projects are things students hate the most. Having a student make their own test is ridiculous because they can make it so it would take minimal effort to complete, and it translates perfectly to how they would design projects.