text: Summer assignments normally consist of a broad review of the basics for that specific subject. While this might be helpful for the students that easily passed the previous class, this isn't always the case for the rest of the students. For example, my friend had an over the summer assignment for her advanced biology class and the assignment was a packet that briefly reviewed all of the basic subjects. She told me that the packet was mostly easy, but once the course had started she realized that she didn't know anything. She tried reviewing her packet but it was so broad and brief that it didn't help with anything. If that packet had been student planned, then the students could have removed the common knowledge sections and went more in depth about the subjects that they didn't know. Teachers don't know what students fully understand and what they don't, so it would be extremely beneficially to the students if they were to design their own projects. It would allow them to take out the content that they know and focus more on the new or more difficult content so they could be more prepared for their upcoming classes.