text: If students were given the opportunity to design their own summer project, it would allow for each student to have the freedom of learning what most interests them about the course.This freedom can be a blessing and a curse, because it is inevitable that many would look at this as an opportunity to complete the least amount of work possible. This year, SCHOOL_NAME is trying to limit teachers from giving at home assessments that are worth a grade point percentage. This resulted in the majority of homework assignments being non-graded. Many students are looking at this as a way to get out of doing work, but this will always come back to hurt them in the future. A student who completes all of the work assigned, regardless of if it is graded or not, has a much higher chance of doing well in the class compared to a student who only does the required amount of work.