text: Why would a student-designed project benefit the students? It allows us to learn more about other things, not just what the teacher assigned. We could continue to learn, but we could also teach in a way. By letting students design their own projects we could spread and give knowledge to people that had no idea of the topic because that's not what the teacher assigned. It also helps the teachers learn more about us, what interests us, and why it interests us. Student and teacher relationships are very important, it's much easier to learn from somebody if you trust them and have a special bond with them. Not only do we keep our brains active and learning, it helps the teachers learn more about the students and how they really feel about certain things.