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044D921A8C99
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if a teacher gives a summer project to the students nine out of ten of the students will not be in the same class next school year unless the class was an elective class and the students(s) chose to do it again
Claim
Claim 5
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While having a different teacher next school year the project may or may not be cared for because of the subject difference and the teacher is not worried about what another teacher is teaching. Furthermore, the project may not even be graded by the new teacher so the student should have a project that can related or h...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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during the summer students have a break to relax from all the things students do in school
Claim
Claim 6
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1,619,110,479,854
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The students already have to do a project that would be preferred not to do ,so instead of having a teacher design the project having a project that can benefit the students will help them in every day life. Most students take vacations during summer time so having a project that is designed by students can give them i...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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044D921A8C99
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If a student is forced to do a teacher designed project the students will be helpless, misled, and extremely bored during the summer. A project made by students can be enjoyed while also educating and preparing the student for the future while having a amazing summer. 
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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6DFB980B835D
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Have you ever wondered what it's like having to complete school assignment's over summer break? Chances are, probably not. Many schools are now requiring for summer assignment's to be completed, but the real question is should those assignment's be teacher-assigned or student-assigned?
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These assignment's should very well be student-assigned.
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Letting the student choose their own assignment is a wonderful idea because what they choose is likely something they won't have a hard time completing and they're also still getting some sort of education.
Claim
Claim 1
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6DFB980B835D
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Student's can still have fun over the summer while learning and preparing for the upcoming year.
Claim
Claim 2
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6DFB980B835D
1,618,577,588,472
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A student-designed project could also let the student work on their own time and pace because during the summer most people are out on vacation and don't have time to complete schoolwork.
Claim
Claim 3
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6DFB980B835D
1,618,577,606,515
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Student-designed summer assignment's would result in a relaxed, but still productive and educational summer that will help better prepare student's in the upcoming school year.
Claim
Claim 4
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6DFB980B835D
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Summer project's should be assigned by teacher's and not student's because of the lack effort the student's will put forth.
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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6DFB980B835D
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Having to do schoolwork over the summer is one thing, but making the work student-assigned is whole different ballgame. If the student chose what assignment's they would have to complete over the summer they most likely wouldn't finish it or not even look at it let alone take it out of their book bags. Teacher-assigned...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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6DFB980B835D
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Put yourself in a young students' shoes, you're in school for nine months and you finally can relax, go home, and just enjoy your time off because you did great during the school year and you deserve it. Then your teacher mentions summer assignment's that will be designed by him or her. The assignment's will likely be ...
Rebuttal
Rebuttal 1
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6DFB980B835D
1,618,577,764,509
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Allowing the student to choose their own assignment's over the summer is great because they have no excuse to not get it done.
Claim
Claim 5
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6DFB980B835D
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The student would be working on their own time and not on any teachers'. During the summer when people are on vacation and need time off its a great idea to allow student's to get work done, but also have time to do what they desire over break. There's nothing better than working on your own time, having fun, and still...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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6DFB980B835D
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The effort given in a teacher-designed assignment versus a student-designed assignment would be completely different. You're likely thinking a student won't do their work if it was up to them and not the teacher,
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 2
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6DFB980B835D
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but that's false.
Rebuttal
Rebuttal 2
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6DFB980B835D
1,618,577,854,598
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A teacher-assigned-assignment forces their student's to do schoolwork that they're just doing to get done or because they have to, not because they want to learn. In a system like that you dont learn anything and you especially don't have much fun either. Student's should learn to have fun but also want to be eager to ...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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6DFB980B835D
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A student-designed project would not only get them more prepared for the year ahead but would also give the kid's time to enjoy their summer and also learn at the same time.
Claim
Claim 6
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6DFB980B835D
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Lastly, student-designed summer assignments would result in a relaxed, but still productive and educational summer that will help better prepare student's in the upcoming school year.
Claim
Claim 7
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6DFB980B835D
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Over the summer student's need time to just be kids and hang out, instead of stressing over a teacher-assigned project that is a overwhelming load of schoolwork. Working on your own time and choosing your own assignment is genius because you don't have to worry about anything or anyone else but yourself which would res...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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9D7DC07877A6
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I belive that summer projects should be student-designed
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Students could have more crativity
Claim
Claim 1
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expressing emotions through their projects
Claim
Claim 2
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higher grades
Claim
Claim 3
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expanding their crative mind.
Claim
Claim 4
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By students getting the chance to designe their own projects they can expand their creative minds.
Claim
Claim 5
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9D7DC07877A6
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Students can get creative with their art and that could inspire others no matter how hard it might get. They could push themsleves to get out of their comfort zone and this could lead them to have bigger oppoutunties. Students getting the chance to do their own project could make them follow through with it.
Evidence
Evidence 1
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9D7DC07877A6
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By students designing their own projects they could express emotion through art and color.
Claim
Claim 6
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9D7DC07877A6
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A project could have a deeper meaning such as: religon, expreience, or something they believe in and this could keep a student by following with the project and actually finishing it. Students getting the chance to designe their own projects could be benifical to those who suffer with depprestion. They could use art as...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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9D7DC07877A6
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Benifits could come by students designing their own projects such as getting better grades.
Claim
Claim 7
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9D7DC07877A6
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Students who don't do their work and get a faling grade could benifit from this. They could think that the way of the teacher doing the project is boring and with this they can have more freedom and show off their creativity. This could inspire studnents to do their work. Students could follow through with their projec...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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9D7DC07877A6
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Students get the chance to explore new things and they can use that expreince to their benfit.
Claim
Claim 8
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9D7DC07877A6
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By students getting the chance to try new things they could step out of their comfort zone and get the chance to explore new talents. Within students exploring new things they gain knowlege and gain more expreince on ther project.
Evidence
Evidence 4
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9D7DC07877A6
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Students should get the chance to disigne their own projects. By doing so they could gain more knowlege on the subject the project is on. This could come to their benfit by them getting oppourtunties and better grades.         
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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87D53BFDACAE
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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...
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If schools require students to complete projects during the summer, it should be student-designed
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it gives them the opportunity to learn independently
Claim
Claim 1
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think creatively.
Claim
Claim 2
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When you are younger, you are dependent on any adult that could guide you in anything: school, work, home, etc; but as you get older, you beging to form your own opinions and start to crave more independence. Your need for independence becomes restricted because the school system doesn't allow you to be independent. Th...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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87D53BFDACAE
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If teachers encouraged students to learn independently by having their projects be more student-designed, their accademic performance could improve, they can become more independent, and bring out more ideas to the table
Claim
Claim 3
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87D53BFDACAE
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Learning independently gives students a sense of pride after accomplishing their goals by themselves.
Evidence
Evidence 2
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87D53BFDACAE
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Not only does student-designed summer projects help students become more independent, but teaches creative thinking
Claim
Claim 4
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87D53BFDACAE
1,619,121,090,561
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When you were in preschool, you tended think outside the box or color outside the lines because you were encouraged do so: you were encouraged to be imaginative. School encourages you to think creatively or be creative, but how can you do that when your creative abilities are being restricted? Summer projects that are...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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87D53BFDACAE
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Some may argue that teacher-designed projects are more easy to grade and helps keep students from going off-topic
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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87D53BFDACAE
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Even though teacher-designed projects are easier to grade for teachers, it limits the students' ability to push themselves to go farther and think independently
Rebuttal
Rebuttal 1
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87D53BFDACAE
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Straight-forward instructions does keep students on track on the topic, but it doesn't motive them to actually do the work. Teacher-designed projects have step-by-step guidelines and rules with a clear idea of what the projects should look like which makes it easy, but it is more restricting to the students' creative a...
Evidence
Evidence 4
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87D53BFDACAE
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Although there are disadvantages in having summer projects be student-designed, advantages help in th long run because it teaches and encourages students at a young age to be more creative and independent. Anyone can follow simple instructions, but thinking creatively and learning independently are difficult skillsets ...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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the summer project should be a student-designed
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students can explain what they've learned in their own way. I would be easier for the student to do the project of a topic that they are comfortable with.
Claim
Claim 1
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If the student can choose what they want the project to be about then, its a possibility that they would want to do the project more rather than if the teacher was picking it. I also feel that if the student might not be confident in all of the material they have learned, there is a possibility they could have somethin...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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if the student chooses what they want their project to be on, the school would see what each individual student has learned truly.
Claim
Claim 2
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8ED19683D8A7
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If the teacher was to design the same project for each student to do, it wouldn't show how every student has each learned something different. If every student does a different project or does a different way of doing their project, it would show how much the school cares about what they have learned.
Evidence
Evidence 2
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If a student is confident in certain things, they can do the project on one of those topics. It would be hard to do a project on something that the teacher designed if the student didn't understand it that much. It could've been hard for the student to grasp the concept and if they picked it themselves it would save t...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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Some students do really like the idea of doing projects. I believe if they are able to chose what to do their project on, they would actually do the project.
Evidence
Evidence 4
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8ED19683D8A7
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Students tend to not like to do projects that teachers assign them
Claim
Claim 3
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my position is that the project should be student-designed. As I am bringing my ideas together it makes since because they want to know what the students have learned, so they should let the students show them. However, if they were to choose teacher-designed, they wouldn't get much feedback of what the students learn...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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Summer is known as the time when students get to have a long break from their studies. However, some schools continue the education of the students by assigning summer projects. Most of the time, these projects are created by the teachers. Now, some schools are starting to allow the students to choose both the topic of...
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Summer projects should be student designed,
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because students have individual interests,
Claim
Claim 1
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they have their own project styles,
Claim
Claim 2
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and teachers will have less issues to deal with.
Claim
Claim 3
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Every student in the entire world is different. Everyone has a favorite topic that they like to research or study. Summer vacation is supposed to be a time to relax and take a break from school, so forcing them to research a topic that they do not enjoy takes away from the relaxation of summer.
Evidence
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Some would like to record a skit or news report for their project, while others may want to build a scale model. If they are able to choose their project completion method, students will also do a better job on the project, since they will most likely pick a method that they are already experienced at. Someone who stud...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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A teacher is usually a student's first resource when it comes to asking questions about an assignment. Teachers will be asked a lot less questions if the students pick topic that they enjoy and have a thorough understanding of. There will also be less lazy or unfinished work for the teachers to sift through at the end ...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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Some may say that teachers need to make summer assignments, because it will lead to a more consistent grading scale,
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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but it will still be easier to grade the projects consistantly if it is all quality work that the student enjoyed completing.
Rebuttal
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Summer projects will be much more enjoyed by the students if they get to pick their own topics and methods of completion, and by the the teachers, because they will have an easier time with assisting and grading students
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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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...
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In situations where summer projects are assigned, projects should be student-designed
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for they allow students to take initiative in their learning,
Claim
Claim 1
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gain a deeper understanding of the chosen topic
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minimize the chance that students feel they are not being given a break.
Claim
Claim 3
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In allowing students to design their own project, the student is given the opportunity to take charge of their learning.
Claim
Claim 4
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The initiative a student-designed project offers allows students to choose a topic they are interested in and later hope to pursue. For example, a young student with little interest in art and literature would not benefit from being forced to read certain novels throughout the summer. Exposure to the essential texts ne...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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Likewise, with the idea that a student designs a project on a topic they are interested in, the project will be done more thoroughly, allowing students to gain a deeper understanding.
Claim
Claim 5
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As a human tendency, people are more likely to work on something they are interested and excited about. The more the project is worked on, the more complex and thorough it will be. Interest and excitement in a topic positively affect the extent to which the project will be worked on. Typically, the time spent on the pr...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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having students complete a project they have designed themselves minimizes the feeling of the traditional school dynamic
Claim
Claim 6
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Throughout the school year, students are assigned the work they need to complete in order to receive an "A." Completing work is often done out of requirement rather than personal interest. Summer is used as a break from the many requirements of school. A student-designed project will seem like less of a requirement as ...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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summer is a vital time for students to take a break from the hardships of the previous school year. Yet, some teachers want to assure students continue their learning over the break. If a school believes summer work should be assigned, projects should be student-designed. A project designed by a student encourages them...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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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 important that the s...
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summer projects should be student-designed
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it increases students' leadership skills
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Claim 1
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critical thinking skills
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development
Claim
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Student-designed assignments allows for the students to take leadership in their pathways
Claim
Claim 4
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In the beginning of the education, students are introduced to different extracurricular courses. These children are encouraged to explore their options as they continue their education and go into secondary school. They are given more freedom to choose their classes as they are expected to find a path that works best ...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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Student-designed assignments repel against the oppression of students to systematically think in the same manner and allow for critical thinking skills
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In primary school, students are taught a solid foundation of knowledge from their teachers. However, in secondary school, they are encouraged to critically think about the knowledge they have obtained and form a judgment; thus, teachers guide them towards forming an intelligent judgment. This life skill is used on a da...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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Student-designed assignments create development.
Claim
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Some may say that the students are not qualified enough to design their summer projects, or that they lack the experience to create a student-designed project.
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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However, the thought of limitation manifests into the actual limitation of the students and their lack of experience.
Rebuttal
Rebuttal 1
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Preventing students from attempting the challenge hinders development. The development of these students derives from taking risks, overcoming challenges, and experiences. Furthermore, a new idea allows for an improved version of a precedent principle. Similar to the United States justice system, the law is constantly ...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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Students should design their summer assignments due to the increase in leadership, critical thinking, and development. Schools should not abolish all teacher-assignment assignments as some are important in the education system and developing the student's thinking. However, they should implement more student-designed a...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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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 ...
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These summer projects would end up better if designed by the teachers
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because teachers already know the materials that need to be learned
Claim
Claim 1
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and they can challenge their students' abilities
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students aren't going to be enthusiastic about a summer project, most kids these days enjoy doing anything that doesn't involve school. It's more of an obligation if they have to do summer projects. So, asking students to design a project for themselves would be like asking them to stop using their phones forever. The...
Evidence
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