text: When students are given the option to create their own summer project it makes it much easier for the student to be held accountable. Students know how much work they are able to do as well as the skill level required for their project. When students create their own projects its always going to be able something they enjoy, making it easier for them to do the project and be held accountable for it. Students are also able to create their own project knowing they are being graded not on the standard for everyone else but the standard for themselves. This takes a lot of pressure off of students as they feel like they will be graded fairly as long as long as they do as much as they are capable of doing and do it well. If the student does not complete the project for whatever reason it is much easier for them to be held accountable for it, as excuses like "I didnt understand" or "It was to hard for me" will become invalid because they are the ones who create the project. Thus making it clear that student designed projects will benefit everyone and insure work is being down.