Should summer projects be teacher designed or student designed? Various schools require students to complete summer projects to ensure they continue learning during their break. Some people may say, summer projects should be students designed, because students will be interested in their summer project. However they are wrong, summer projects should be teacher designed, because the project can help the student learn new things for the class they are taking next year and the projects will be easier for the teacher to grade.

Summer projects should be teacher designed because projects can help teach the students new things that will be needed for the class they take next year and the projects submitted will be easier for the teacher to grade. Teacher designed projects can help students in learning new things for the next material they will learn in the next school year. Over the summer, students become lazy and may forget old material taught in school. When preparing for the next school year, the teacher designed summer project can help them understand what they need to know in the class next year and teach them new things about the subject. If they are taught new things in the project, this will help the students be prepared for the class they take next year and help the teacher not go over certain material taught in the project.

Consequently, when entering into the school years teachers are overwhelmed by work and do not get a lot of time to grade papers and projects. Therefore, if summer projects are teacher designed it will be easier for the teacher to grade the project. This may decrease the amount of workload the teacher has when grading projects. Teacher designed summer projects will be easier for teachers to grade, since the teacher will follow a certain criteria. They can grade the student based on if the student completed all the required components of what the directions of the project stated. Student designed projects will vary among students, since many of the students will pick different topics. However, teacher designed projects can be a specific project that has a specific standard to accomplish. These standards may include having a certain part of the project have a certain variable or having a part of the project be written in a certain manner. Since the summer project has a specific components the students needs to meet, the teachers do not have to waste time critiquing projects, because the are looking for something specific, thus decreasing their overall workload. Some people say that summer projects should be student designed, because the student can express and introduce themselves in their project.

Clearly, they are wrong summer projects should be teacher designed. Summer projects that are teacher designed can help the student prepare for the class they take next year and the project can help teach them new things. In addition, teacher designed summer projects will make it easier for the teachers to grade the projects and help decrease the workload for the teacher. In conclusion, summer projects should be teacher designed, this will make the project easier to grade for teachers, decreases the teacher's workload, and will help prepare students for the next school year.