text: The first reason is self motivation, the whole point of summer is to have a break from school work and its projects. Students arn't going to be very motivated if the teachers give them a boring project to do during their break. By allowing student to pick their own projects it gives them motivation towards their work, because it creates reason to their assignment. Relating to reason, it also lets them pick a project that relates to themselves. By choosing something that relates to you, its no longer a project, it becomes more personal. It becomes something that the students really have to think about to find the answer. With that, they can pick a good interesting topic that they can easily stay focused on throughout the events of summer. Having motivation is crucial in everything, not just in school, to stay on task and to do what you enjoy.