text: The third reason that the teacher should assign the summer assignment is because if there is an issue the student is having with the assignment they could contact the teacher. If a student is having trouble understanding or doing the problem the teacher could easily be contacted by her school email. If their friends are having the same problems, in the email he/she can tell her that she is not the only one that's having problem so the teacher doesn't have to reply to innumerable emails. If the summer assignment was student designed it would be really hard to get in touch with the student if they are having a problem. if the student did design the summer assignment he/she wouldn't help as much as the teacher that teaches the subject would help you.