text: When compared to teacher designed assignments or projects if students got the choice on what to make their project it would not help them at all because they would do what the minimum of what was required and not put in the same amount of effort as others could have put in. Which is why teacher designed projects over the summer is the better option of the two to make sure students stay mentally stimulated, so they get and understanding of the new subject they will be learning, and it will ensure that they will touch up on old skills taught in previous years that will be need for the following year.             Dear principal,