text: Schools should allow students to design their own projects, so that the students will take more interest in those topics. Students need to feel like they had some control in choosing their own topic in order to feel more connected to the project. It is important that students feels connected to the project, so that they will dig deeper into them and work harder on them. When students are interested in their topics, they are connected to them; however, when students are not interested, then they fail to engage in their topic. When I was in ninth grade, I was assigned a summer project where I had to research the invasive species of plants that could be found in my neighborhood. I was not given a choice on my project. I had to research invasive plant species, so I struggled to complete my project because it was so uninteresting to me. I resented the research and the fact that I had no freedom about how to create my project. Despite my miserable efforts to finish the project, I did not complete it. I had not engaged myself in the project, which resulted in me getting a low grade. Because I wasn't interested in my topic, I failed to be successful in the creation of my project. In most cases, the quality of work is based on how interested the student is. The student needs to be engaged and interested in a topic in order to perform their highest.