text: I do believe that there are real benefits in requiring students to complete projects over summer break, but I do wish that more teachers would give students more freedoms when it comes to selecting them. By using the students' input, students will be more interested in the assignment and will be more likely to complete them. If more teachers allowed students to select their own topics for these projects, the quality of the projects would most likely be better because it would be about something that the student was passionate about. If all teachers allowed more students to give suggestions and input into their lessons and projects, then the overall quality of schools and the desire to learn would increase.In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", paragraph 1 states that Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin". It has features similar to earth such as mountains, valleys, and craters. The author says, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans, and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.