text: Students will have greater benefits from student-designed projects as they can chose what subjects they need to work on and they can create projects the interest them. My cousin Generic_Name struggles in math but excels in English. While she was in middle school and high school the projects she was assigned over the summer were all reading projects, which were easy for her. She would have benefited more if she could have chosen to complete a math packet that would prepare her for the next grade level. Instead, year after year she completed the same reading packet that had no effect on her. Emily is similar to all students as everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, so if students are required to complete a summer assignment it should be something that will actually increase their intellectual abilities by strengthening their weaknesses. Another example of student-designed projects having greater benefits is my friend Generic_Name who really enjoys photography. Last year, Generic_Name high school, in Arkansas, let each student create their own summer project to present to their homeroom class the first week of school. Generic_Name decided to a presentation on the history of photography and share photos she took over the summer which benefited Generic_Name as she grew her photography skills so that she could impress her classmates with the photos she took. It also allowed her to advance her photography skills as she was inspired by photographers from past time period and she read their tips and tricks. Generic_Name summer project shows that students benefit more from summer assignments when they are able to design them rather than when teachers design projects that won't individually benefit each student. Overall, students do not benefit from projects that don't spotlight their interests and needs.