text: A student who has more control and more of a saying in what they'd be doing would boost their motivation to accomplish their self-given task. Basically a student will show more effort on their project since they are working on something that catches their eye and excitement. Having a teacher choose a student's project can possibly compromise the grade and production of the project because they'd find it a lot more hard and difficult to complete, especially since there will be little to no connection between the student and the teacher during the summer break. Yes, students will have a lot of time to complete the work given from the teacher; however, there might not be much progress done if the students aren't being directed/guided and told step by step on what their teacher expects from them and how the project should be represented. In this case it'd seem like a better option is to leave the students into leading their own work.