text: STUDENT_NAMESome schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break, but are unsure whether these tasks should be student-designed or teacher-designed. Psychologists have proven that in order for a person to actually remember information, that information needs to be repeatedly tested upon in order to remain significant in the brain. Summer break, as a huge gap in between learning periods, is massively disruptive to the cognitive process. Summer projects given over the break period should be moderately designed by the students themselves, because it gives the student control over their individual situation, it allows the student to express themselves creatively, and it removes pressure from school teachers; all while preparing them for life after school.