text: A teacher simply telling a student what to do leaves no room for students to grow their abstract thinking and creativity, necessary skills to have later in life. Schooling is meant to prepare students for life, and in the future people will not hand these former-students a list of exactly what to do. Instead, problem-solving skills need to be cultured, and a proper first step is allowing students to choose their own projects. Choosing their own projects allows the students to think a little more creatively in an area of their interest, exploring a topic unique to them. This creative thinking when facilitated in a group of students, can spread to others in similar work and can help grow the education system as a whole.