text: Student-designed projects allows them to have greater enthusiasm for the topic they choose and study. If students can design their own projects, they would have higher self-motivation for the assignment as they chose what they wanted to do. For example, in school, I am interested in some subjects more than others. Some subjects, such as chemistry, are a hassle for me and I, personally, do not find any interest in studying it. Because of this, if I were assigned a summer-long project on chemistry, I would definitely not be fully invested and would be quite reserved and unenthusiastic about the project. However, if I were allowed to freely choose the topic of my project, I could choose a subject that I more thoroughly enjoyed, such as world history, and thus, be more enthusiastic about the project and spend my summer studying something that I love. Without the restrictions of a teacher-designed project, a student could spend their summer pursuing a subject they enjoy and, thus, produce a better project and also would feel that the project was less of a burden as well.