text: Furthermore, in a standard educational setting, students are not able to pick and choose what interests them, and this can lead to a lack of motivation during the normal school year. Finding a subject that one is passionate about is integral to continuing the joy of learning and of new discoveries that is so often lost in the later years of formal education. This is not an issue for student-designed summer projects. Allowing students to pick what interests them for a summer project would solve this issue. With no parameters set by teachers, the educational possibilities are endless for a student.