text: Student designed projects allow students to learn to develop themselves and their interests, while also allowing teachers to get to know their students and spend more time on classroom learning; for these reason it is much more beneficial for students to begin creating their own projects. Summer projects are normally always dreaded by students and pushed to last second to complete. These assignments are usually given with a rubric and step by step guide on how the project should be completed. So what would happen than if students were given the opportunity to come up with their own project to complete? A student-designed project would open a new creative outlet for kids, have a higher chance of actually being completed, and it would give the teachers a better understanding of what needs to be taught throughout the next school year.