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23096C10E52A | Schools now are requiring their students to complete summer projects to assure they are learning and maintaining the knowledge gained in the past school year. Though there has been some contemplation as to whether these projects should be teacher-designed or student-designed. Students should design their projects becau... | 6 | 719 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
EBD36D034DAC | Lots of kids love having summer break off from school, but when it comes to summer assignments there's only so much time in the summer for students to fit all their prior plans in with all the over-the-summer school work their teachers assign. And majority of students would also rather not do school work on their break... | 6 | 855 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
11950E4412E5 | Summer break is the most anticipated time of year for students and teachers because it is a grace period that allows for relaxation and refreshment,of one's soul. The summer sees,the mental maturation of many students without the hindrance of a classroom,holding them back. The learning experience offered in a classroom... | 6 | 1,000 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
58DCDD1DFDDB | Summer projects are a good idea to keep student's active and learning throughout the summer. They can be beneficial for some core classes such as math, history, and english, but can also be tedious and stressful during a break that should be relaxing. Haiving good intentions in mind, teachers creating summer projects f... | 6 | 644 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Two or more races/Other | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
F83B719757F6 | Summer homework, one of the most scary phrases said by any teacher. Many schools and teachers require projects to be completed over the Summer to keep topics fresh in students minds while the students are on break. While this train of thought does make sense, these projects should be designed by the students. It is unr... | 6 | 871 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
2B225254A079 | Throughout the span of a student's 3 month summer break, it is inevitable that their acquired knowledge from the previous school year will gradually decline due to the sudden ceasing of education for this period of time. Many teachers, however, believe that it is crucial for a student to continue their studies througho... | 6 | 895 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
BAB1FB7CF30F | As students are furthering their education, teachers are assigning summer assignments in order to prepare them for their upcoming class. Many believe these summer assignments should be student designed due to students' convenience, nevertheless, these summer assignments should be teacher designed because it ensures tha... | 6 | 826 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
6AE4BFE2E5CF | A student's freedom from the limitations of the classroom's necessary rules during the summer provides new opportunities for them to learn in dynamic ways. While, in the classroom, a teacher's control of a regulated learning program is unavoidable in order to teach such a broad audience in such a short time, there are ... | 6 | 961 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
7A347C69D3D1 | Summer projects are a helpful tool to use to gain insight of a student's capabilities and to prepare them for the upcoming school year. Summer projects can be used for any subject or curriculum to help a student for their next courses, whether they are college level or not. Even though summer projects are designed to h... | 6 | 901 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Two or more races/Other | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
045E65F65BF3 | Summer break is the declaration of emancipation that sets students free from the abyss of school. The simple thought of summer elicits euphoria: late night movie marathons, hanging out with friends during weekdays, and sleeping in without having to worry about homework or exams. Nevertheless, there is one thing that ke... | 6 | 798 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5F3F027AABDA | During summer break, many teachers will assign a project that is designed to give students the freedom to work at their own pace and fully discover and interesting topic. When this project is designed too specifically by the teacher, however, many students become disinterested and only do the bare minimum of work. In o... | 6 | 958 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Two or more races/Other | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
140434C2B180 | Summer break is a time period of relaxation for students who have worked hard all year in school. Students tend to go on vacations where they forget everything they learned throughout the year. This is why teachers assign summer projects to make sure that their students are still learning and that they still stay engag... | 6 | 743 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
B915519F4D28 | The thought of summer brings out joyous feelings; people usually think of summer as vacations, time to hang out with friends, explore new hobbies, relax, etc. When students are asked to describe summer, one of the last things they would describe it as is a time to do school projects since most students actually picture... | 6 | 988 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
04EB912FE84F | As a child, I, as well as most others, desperately counted the days until summer break. In the classroom, we had a bright, beach themed poster board with the school days remaining plastered in big, bold letters in the middle. On my sports teams, we always had fun and easy practices during the last week of school. I alw... | 6 | 944 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
C7FA88E9DF3B | Have you ever been assigned a project that you did not want to work on? This regularly happens to many students, due to a variety of reasons. Although summer projects are slightly different than those assigned during the school year, they cause similar problems. The student might have been lazy, did not have enough tim... | 6 | 977 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5484CC372842 | Summer break is that time of the year where most students look forward to. Many are eager to sit back and relax, or enjoy their time with friends and family. Whatever it is, school is the last thing on their mind. It's the last thing on my mind too. Although that isn't always the case, there is always that one teacher ... | 6 | 741 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
95B8CF43E670 | Summer projects have become a cultural norm within the school system. These projects have been created and mandated by the teachers. It can be vigorous and also very flexible depending on the teachers idea of what they believe you should do. Summer projects should be student designed because it allows kids to have more... | 6 | 900 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
F81D76345F2D | Have you ever wondered, why students stress themselves up during their summer vacations? Why sometimes they refuse to interact with people around them? Well, the reason of this issue is the "teacher-designed projects." Projects are extremely beneficial and they can be in different forms like posters, presentations, mod... | 6 | 938 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
C1DA9C882822 | Schools give many projects and homework assignments to assure the student knows the information, and it also gives them a chance to learn something new. Schools give projects during spring break, winter break, and even our longest break during the summer. Many of these projects are made or designed by a teacher, while ... | 6 | 823 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
9A165155AC0C | Summer Projects for school should be Teacher-designed because it will show students the expectations for the course, helps them learn the specific material that is needed, and keeps students on track. The main part of summer projects is to assure that students continue their learning process. While schools have long br... | 6 | 926 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
96B863B0B999 | Summer is a time for student to have a long deserved break from school. During this time, however, some students become unable to no longer retain their knowledge and have to recover prior knowledge starting the next school year. To compensate, some schools assign summer projects for the students to be proactively acco... | 6 | 1,034 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
22C9D0A8F789 | Summer projects, although tidious and time consuming, are important. They are given to students by teachers to allow the students to retain the knowlege they have previously learned. They might also be given to teach the students new concepts before they enter the new school year. This allows teachers to teach a new co... | 6 | 876 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Two or more races/Other | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
A85730F12092 | For most, summer is filled with unwinding from the stresses of school, traveling to new places, and learning new skills. This break is given to students to relax and reflect on all of their hard work. Summer allows students to find activities that they are passionate about. Summer assignments should be student-designed... | 6 | 755 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
2C6F27E9A710 | Almost everyone who attended school can attest to how boring and tedious summer work can be. Whether it's assigned reading or a project, students often dislike having schoolwork cut into their summertime. However, it is a necessary evil, and although there are compelling arguments for self-directed learning and indepen... | 6 | 547 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
AE86D4E2867D | It was the summer of 2017. I was sitting at my desk, staring at a packet titled "Algebra 2/ Trigonometry Summer Assignment". I had been staring at that packed for quite a while, debating whether or not I should put it off for another day. I mean, high school seemed pretty daunting enough and this packet only made it se... | 6 | 860 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
9C27DB38BBE9 | It is summer time, the suns hot rays are beaming down on you and there is a nice cool summer breeze that is drifting in the wind. The trees are so green that you almost forget that just a few months ago, they were bare. You can see and hear kids laughing and swimming at the local pools and parks and you can taste the c... | 6 | 777 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
9BD6C2F5AB5D | Have you ever noticed what an athlete does as they're running during sports? When they run, they pace themselves to be sure they don't run out of energy too quick and that they can maintain their bodies to give it their all near the finish line. Running like an athlete is just the same as doing an assignment over summe... | 6 | 897 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
51980DE241EE | Summer project assigments should be teacher designed and not designed by students. Most students cannot be trusted to choose a project design that would truly challenge them and help them learn the subject, and teachers are more well equipped to create a project format that is effective and user-friendly.
If summer pr... | 6 | 901 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
B1703E8A7555 | Summer is my favorite time of year. In the United States, schools have a little over two months break from school each year. During this period of time schools usually give students assignments to help them remember all that they have learned during the school year. It is very common for teachers and other staff to des... | 6 | 863 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
E1B7A48B5872 | Some schools require that students complete a project over the summer break between school years. These projects are designed to ensure that the students are still learning and keeping their minds active during the long summer break. Many questions are being asked about these summer projects as more and more schools be... | 6 | 927 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
909404A6C673 | Students are usually on their phones and doing other mindless tasks during summer break, and they don't stimulate their brains. As a result, some schools assign summer projects to ensure that their students learn over the summer and are better prepared for the next school year. These schools debate on assigning teacher... | 6 | 700 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
55BD1573CCB6 | The summer assignment is a term that middle school and high school students know all too well. Not all students are assigned a project to complete over the summer, but for those that take higher level classes (a decent portion of modern high school students), there is typically some form of work that they must complete... | 6 | 997 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
E48C4A808FB2 | Summer projects are one of the most common forms of ensuring that students continue learning during their long summer break. These projects allow students to keep the information and experience that they learned through their school year throughout the summer. However, though the purpose and need of the summer projects... | 6 | 945 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0BDD43321AFD | Remember in elementary school you used to get summer reading logs and checks on books you were 'required' to read during your break? Some students never had a problem with these types of assignments because they loved to read any chance they could get. Unfortunately, there were also the kids who would dread reading and... | 6 | 1,029 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
B59E34151E67 | Summer break is the time that students look forward to the most. After a long 9 months of continuous learning, it is a time in which they can take a much needed break. However, in this time of relaxation, many students abandon the idea of learning completely, which causes much of the knowledge that they have acquired t... | 6 | 764 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
2D97441646AF | In early June of every year, students around the United States sigh in relief at the end of the school year. No longer trapped by stuffy classrooms and long extracurriculars, students have time to enjoy summer with their friends and family. But this summer is not a full vacation. Many students are required to prepare f... | 6 | 985 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
717DA64D319B | When the word summer comes to teenagers' minds, fun or sun is a common thought. Summer vacation is time away from education, but many schools require completion of projects over the break. The purpose of projects is to assure the continuation of learning. In order for students to maintain increasing growth, schools mus... | 6 | 713 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
F38992AEE65A | Many schools require students to complete summer projects or assignments over summer break to ensure that they continue to learn during their break. In this case the projects that are assigned over break should be student designed because students are more likely to do them, they can design something outside of the cla... | 6 | 755 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0F8DF7342EF8 | With my drooping eyes, aching head, and numbing hands I was unable to function in school due to endless nights of studying. I felt like I was an emotionless doll who only knew how to work and never stopped for a simple bathroom break. As teachers gave me more assignments, I thought I would never stop working like a fac... | 6 | 991 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
229CBC81F9B7 | Throughout the duration of time, education has been a prime characteristic of the structure of society. As time progressed, the education system has changed such that it is more ideal for people in society. For example, in the early 1900s, the idea of summer breaks was introduced in the American education system. A sum... | 6 | 966 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
568CD1F277F9 | For students, summer tends to be a time of relaxation and laziness. No longer worried about waking up early to go to school or staying up late to finish homework, kids are free to do as they wish for about 2 months. Therefore, some students get annoyed when teachers assign projects over the summer, as they believe that... | 6 | 799 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
626DA66E75D9 | Creativity of the mind is brewed from life experiences and knowledge. In some schools summer projects are assigned to students for various academic or elective based classes, these projects should be soley designed by the students and not by the teacher. Teacher-designed projects can lead to an interference with a stud... | 6 | 819 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
ADE4DD8CF781 | On an uneventful summer morning, I sat on my couch without having the intention to do anything; it was over one-hundred degrees outside, and my usual rounds of video games had gotten stale. My summer project, which I have been ignoring since summer break started, began taunting me from across the room. "What does it me... | 6 | 688 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
B09064197CEF | Why is education so important for our generation and the many generations to come? Education has a major role in helping students become more aware and understanding of the world. Students study hard all year long and work on assignments that help them develop many different skills, as well as assignments that will hel... | 6 | 833 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
68C0524D102B | It is time to rethink traditional education: Some schools require students to complete teacher-designed summer projects to ensure that students continue to learn throughout their break. However, these summer projects should instead be designed by students because students will be more invested in their project if they ... | 6 | 957 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
D39D282DE3FE | The three warmest months of the year are considered as time off from school for students in the U.S and other countries. Even though these students aren't in school, they are still required to learn during their break. However, in many schools, the students are assigned a boring, uneventful activity that they feel as i... | 6 | 718 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
880EFB9368DA | There is the argument whether student-designed projects or teacher-designed projects during academic breaks are better. When a teacher designs a project, it many times will not be feisable for a student going on a far-away vacation, enjoyable to the student's personal interests, or about what the student would like to ... | 6 | 832 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability |
D443FEFFDEAF | Imagine having a dark cloud always forming over you even in happy situations. For most students, this cloud is formed over the whole summer break. This is because teacher are now creating projects for students to complete over this time and ruins the students relaxation and fun. Though on paper is makes sense to give s... | 6 | 689 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
2825E9B520B0 | At the end of the year, the only thing the students can focus on is the prospect of summer break - a time filled with laughter, bikinis, and the absence of school. Unfortunately, these dreams are dashed when the hated summer projects are assigned. The idea of these dull, time-consuming projects swallowing their break w... | 6 | 759 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
630FAD8A832E | Imagine it was a hot summer day and a student is at home complaining to their parents that they want to hang out with their friends. Instead, their parents refused and they had to stay home to do their summer project that was assigned by their teacher. This will result in the student becoming really stressed and sad be... | 6 | 989 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
6198205BB70E | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during break. In doing this, students may be prepared for the upcoming year when they return to school from break. Many people believe that summer projects should be teacher-designed while others believe that they should be stude... | 6 | 609 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
903F83DFF8BE | The usage of summer projects is an undermined technique that schools implement to educate their students. It incorporates an application process to subjects and topics learned in class, to real-world settings. For many students, this process of application is enough to instill certain topics into one's memory. Thus, to... | 6 | 833 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
7FCE9209018F | At the end of the school year, students dread the idea of a summer project. This project becomes another assignment that students procrastinate until the week before school. When their teacher assigns a summer project, students tend to dislike the subject of the project. This results in the students not wanting to comp... | 6 | 918 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
DED685999785 | Summer break is a time when students forget most informormation about what they learned during the school year. Most students dont even expose themselves to learn anything school related during summer break. Some schools try to prevent that by require students to complete some summer, school related, projects or assign... | 6 | 1,017 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability |
87D53BFDACAE | Summer is the time for students to finally relax their brain and rest before restarting that thinking engine again. It's all fun and games, until students forget the material and have to learn everything again. After recognizing that, some schools required students to complete summer projects to assure they continue le... | 6 | 635 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
26E218908B4C | Summer break provides students with a time to relax and refresh in preparation for the following year. The break is a necessity in the school systems as it offers students the opportunity to experience different aspects of life outside of the classroom. Additionally, this period to refresh assists students in their lea... | 6 | 547 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
B79E9AC3F3A0 | A journalist in
The New Yorker once said, "Want what we want to want." Our education system consists of the constant absorption of knowledge. The student uses the knowledge to complete teacher-designed assignments in exchange for a grade. In reality, a person uses their knowledge to navigate his or her life. It is imp... | 6 | 893 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
FFF1442D6698 | Every student looks forward to summer break, it's all about sunshine and going out for fun. After a long time, they are able to stop focusing on school for quite some time. Although,it is relieving to take a break, students tend to forget some knowledge once they have to return to school. This is because of the summer ... | 6 | 648 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
23B709C8F85A | Although summer assignments designed by teachers are proven to be more professional and effective for student learning while they are on their break, summer projects should be created by students because it will prove less stressful and more lenient for the students to complete assignments made by their peers rather th... | 6 | 659 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
D60320508249 | By being allowed to design their own summer projects, students are afforded significantly many more opportunities to learn outside of the classroom and are also able to accomplish their project with a degree of flexibility, letting them both enjoy their time off but also retain information that they learned the previou... | 6 | 820 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
1C899A4C779B | Studies show that students lose information over the summer break, if thats the case then the solution is to keeping working during the summer. some schools have summer projects to keep students from losing any information. The option for the projects are either that they are teacher-designed or student-designed. I bel... | 6 | 672 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0821EB1AEDED | Students often moan and groan about summer projects that their teachers assign them to do over summer break to assure they continue learning over the period they are not in school. The projects most of the time, have a set rule book to follow that was issued by the teacher and it makes the project boring and not enjoya... | 6 | 1,011 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
1C346211657F | During the summer, students are given a plethora of work by their teacher for the upcoming school year to ensure that students are able to recall and apply their knowledge over the summer. Unfortunately, many of these projects and assignments are teacher-designed and lack the ability to properly ensure the retention of... | 6 | 816 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
E37D480CD473 | Summer assignments are required by a multitude of schools accross the state of Virginia. But some school districts are considering breaking from the traditional teacher-designed summer projects and instead replacing them with projects designed by the students. This may reflect student desires, however, it does not refl... | 6 | 468 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
AEEEFCE714A1 | Most students in school are assigned summer projects so that they continue to learn over their two month summer break. Some of these projects can be dreadful and tedious, and others can be fun and exciting. The main goal of the projects is for students to continue learning over their summer break. Usually, when student... | 6 | 743 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5816447F692C | Many students across the country can relate to the struggle of returning to school at the end of summer and attempting to complete a review packet, only to realize that, over summer break, they had forgotten what they learned. To prevent his from occurring, schools have began to assign summer work to students. Some sch... | 6 | 952 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
47665200B19C | I was planning a project with a group of friends for our Spanish class it was dreadful. The teacher had given us another boring topic none of us were even close to interested about, we did the bare minimum yet still had achieved a solid high grade. And in little to no time we all had already completely forgotten about ... | 6 | 999 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
E5C8A407F6EE | Summer is a sweet, warm time full of pool parties, ice cream trucks, and forgetting what it feels like to be in school. Although it is a lovely break, it often poses problems for both students and teachers when the students come back to school unprepared. This is why the practice of assigning summer projects has become... | 6 | 757 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5DB35A66D39F | When the final school bell of the year rings through the halls, students feel a sense of relief and bliss. Finally free from the confines of exams, strict teachers, and long nights, they can't help but sprint out of the classroom door. That feeling of relief and bliss comes to a halt when summer projects are introduced... | 6 | 725 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
86CAA05C9969 | Although the primary purpose of summer break is to allow students to relax and not worry about rigorous courses, some schools require that students complete summer projects so they can maintain the academic mindset they had during the school year in preparation for the upcoming year. While these projects ensure that st... | 6 | 973 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5D2FA6B9D165 | Once school is over, students finally can enjoy their long summer break after months of hard work. Despite this, many teachers require summer projects that can turn an exciting summer into one full of stress, procrastination, and boredom. Personally, I have experienced several teacher-designed summer projects that have... | 6 | 978 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Black/African American | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0BF9F64D6FD1 | Students across all age groups look forward to the last day of school, the day summer vacation begins. From the endless memories summer entails, to the exciting, fun experiences, summer vacation is one of the most beneficial times for students. For many high school students, teachers assign summer assignments or projec... | 6 | 902 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
A1F525B4AAB7 | Although it may seem logical to have students do a teacher-designed project over the summer, it happens to cause students more harm than good. Students should be in control of their own projects over the summer. If the summer projects are created by students, then the thought process of them will promote creativity in ... | 6 | 726 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
8C0D1A4261C0 | Work assigned over the summer is very much dreaded by students, but does that mean students should be the ones designing these assignments? A majority of schools assign summer assignments to ensure that students still receive an education during their time off from school. While there is much debate on whether the stud... | 6 | 669 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Two or more races/Other | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
642D8D81E5FE | Summer is a time to relax and go outside, but it is also a good chance to learn outside of the classroom. Many schools will assign projects that a student is to complete by the time they return to school the next year. These summer projects ensure that students continue to learn over summer break. Summer projects shoul... | 6 | 795 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
5F43AAA89373 | School projects over the summer are often boring, repetitious, and not engaging in a students interests or specific ideals. It does not have to be this way though, schools and teachers can change the way they assign and grade projects by simply allowing the students to take charge and develop their own projects. Summer... | 6 | 996 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
9E3A10CC0A72 | For the past few years, teachers have been implementing a new way for students to be still continuing to learn even over the summer break, summer assignments. Summer assignments are, rightfully so, teacher created assignments that are put in play for higher level classes for the purpose to prepare students for what is ... | 6 | 936 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
14A542270754 | Some schools require that students complete projects over the summer. In my personal experience, they have all been teacher-designed, but what if summer projects were mostly student-designed? The more you think about it the more it makes sense. Not only is it more interesting and engaging for students, there is also a ... | 6 | 1,019 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0589B2517D2C | In several schools have summer projects to complete during break to support learning year round and not just in school. These projects contain information from prior years to refresh the memories of students as well as useful information to know for the next school year. Like most assignments, the projects are normally... | 6 | 674 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
F1CAD58CA0CE | There is a saying that goes as following: "You can take a horse to a lake, but you can not force it to drink from the lake." This saying can be applied to the way in which children are taught. A teacher can not force a child to learn new material in what the teacher considers an efficient way in teaching a student.
Fo... | 6 | 805 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
D659AD9F8DCB | Homework during the summer. That is a students worst nightmare. Now, instead of relaxing on a beach, care free, they have to worry about an assignment. Although students might not like this, summer projects are actually really beneficial for them because it helps them stay in learning mode and be ready to learn more wh... | 6 | 976 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
D23AF52352EA | Summers in High school are some of the best times in a persons life. The summer gives students the time to relax and unwind from all the hard work they put into the previous school year. Some schools over the summer want their students to continue their learning by giving them a project. Summer projects should be desig... | 6 | 897 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
7BC672095230 | For many students, summer is a time to relax their minds after their strenuous school year of homework, projects, and exams. However, many schools implement summer projects to keep young students' minds sharp. Whether summer reading, research projects, or vocabulary, schools highly encourage their teachers to implement... | 6 | 611 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
200AA7A37060 | Over the years many schools have assigned summer projects as a way to help keep students minds active while on break. These projects can include reflection essays, construction, reading catalogs, and many other wonderful things. At the moment many of these projects are designed by the teachers, however many schools are... | 6 | 782 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
C4FE46E6BC7C | The last day of school is the best day of the year for many students. It signals the end of homework, the end of tests, and the beginning of months of freedom. However, many schools require students to complete summer projects over break, hoping they will encourage students to continue to learn outside of school. While... | 6 | 846 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
07BD57F7F45F | Is a student to be trusted with the same decisions as an experienced teacher, even when the decisions impact them? The decisions in question are summer assignments and if students should be the ones to decide the nature of their assignments or if the teacher should still be the one to make the assignments. I believe it... | 6 | 774 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
8B587FE63002 | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Many students forget their knowledge they had learned from the previous year and struggle to find their way and the following year. To prevent this some schools have mandated a summer project to continue the e... | 6 | 678 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
32926CBD644F | It is August 5th and my friend Generic_Name can not hang out today, and I am pretty sad about that. If only he had chosen an easier topic for his summer project, and done it earlier. Although some believe otherwise students should be able to design their own project, because they will have the creativity factors that c... | 6 | 1,109 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
96B312BD472F | It is said that, over summer break students tend to forget the majority of what they learned during the school year. Once the year begins, their teachers advise them to use the information given from the classes taken prior to assist them. It should be out of the question, that students need to do school work during th... | 6 | 586 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
978920CB10C6 | Nowadays, the image of summer vacation is something that is cemented into most children's minds from a fairly young age. It is a paradise of dripping ice cream cones, long nights without a bedtime, and freedom from the rules and regulations the school system imposes on them for nine long months. For students, summer of... | 6 | 849 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
02FDCCA0C7D2 | Why Students Need to Design Their Own Projects
Projects are a great way to engage students into a topic, if a student picks a topic that they want, then their project will be a reflection of their own excellence. Student-designed projects are more than just projects, they are experiences and lessons that you simply ca... | 6 | 821 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
EBCABB635458 | Many schools in the country today require that their students complete summer projects, they do this under the notion that these ( teacher designed ) projects will enssure that the students' education will be furthered during their designated breaks. Although this is true in the sense that the students will be focused ... | 6 | 1,012 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
F065FD9F8D5F | Humans are so diverse. Some may be similar, but none are the exact same. Students are no different, even though they may be learning the same information, the way students understand and learn that information can be vastly different. Teachers help students learn materials through a variety of methods, like projects an... | 6 | 885 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
0F2199921C33 | Do you remember the summer projects that you had to do during summer break? Even now as fewer places require summer projects for all class,they are still an important thing for both students and teachers. They allow both so see how the other is either by teaching style or how they did on the content. The summer project... | 6 | 900 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
AB403848DA21 | Every summer, students nationwide are bombarded with projects that are supposed to help them retain information or get a head start on the upcoming year. These projects can range from a series of math problems to studying entire chapters of text for a quiz on the first day of school. Teachers intend to help their stude... | 6 | 882 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Hispanic/Latino | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
6F03B07009EE | Designing summer projects; students vs. teachers
Knowledge and learning are like metallic gears; once you stop using them, they will quickly start corroding. To keep students active in learning during their summer break, as to not let them forget their previous knowledge and keep exercising their brains, schools give ... | 6 | 767 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
3510B0339301 | I believe that student designed summer projects would be more beneficial for the students, teachers, and parents than teacher designed projects. If students designed the projects they would be more likely to do the project and finish it in a timely fashion. Although teacher designed projects would be easier for the tea... | 6 | 796 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | F | 11 | No | White | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
084BB657A9C4 | Summer projects are what most students dread during their break, but they are necessary for students to keep expanding their minds during the summer. Most of the time these projects are designed by the teachers, but normally those projects are not as fun to do. While student-designed projects would be more interesting ... | 6 | 1,017 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Black/African American | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
8896495B3A61 | Summer projects. Although many students despise summer projects, there are schools that require students to complete summer projects for the purpose of continuing education during the break to keep the student mind active. Some schools have to decide between student-designed projects or teacher-designed projects to ass... | 6 | 969 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
07123DF09284 | Summer is a time for students to have fun and be able to relax without worrying about school work. However, some schools assign summer projects over the students break to make sure students are still learning throughout the year. A common question about these projects is who designes them. Should the teachers design th... | 6 | 836 | Summer projects | Independent | Some schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during their break. Should these summer projects be teacher-designed or student-designed? Take a position on this question. Support your response with reasons and specific examples. | null | M | 11 | No | White | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability |
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