text: Some opposed to this may say, "I do not want to do a summer project anyways, therefore let me choose the topic". I agree that the topic of the project may be more interesting if it is student-designed, but if the project is teacher-designed you will learn more. Student designed-projects will not test the brain as much as a project that they know nothing about will. Moreover, students will be put to the test more if they have to research something that is beyond logic. Even though you will learn more doing a teacher-designed project it still the easier option. For that reason, teacher-designed projects are the better fit because the whole point of making students do a summer break project is to ensure that they learn as much as possible.