text: Creativity and independence are crucial skills for students to pick up and carry with them throughout their life. Schools may teach a lot of classic skills, like time managment and memorization, but the opportunities for self-discovery and leadership can be limited. Allowing students a chance like this would broaden their horizons and guide them in developing their interests and strengths. Even their potential shortcomings with taking on such an self-supervised project would prepare them for the real world, where they'll have to complete projects on their own frequently.