text: In order to design the summer project you would need plenty of time, which many students do not have extra time on their plates to handle the pressure of designing this summer assignment. In my case, every spare second is spent cramming for a quiz or test, or spent reviewing a topic I did not quite understand. If I had the option to create a summer project or complete a teacher-designed project, I would choose the teacher based one. It would assure me that I would be learning everything correctly and take the pressure out of my hands.