In my collection of images, I attempt to effectively display just how much stress a Generation Z student endures on a daily basis. Throughout my High School experience, I have noticed that a substantial amount of my classmates and peers have made the questionable decision to load up their schedules with copious amounts of honors and AP classes. This definitely has negative effects on their social lives and abilities to obtain jobs with their limited free time. Generation Zers are notorious for stacking up their calendars and schedules way too much, and that they try doing more than their sanity can handle in a 24 hour day. I believe that I have fallen into this trap myself, as currently, I am trying to balance my school work, football commitment, work schedule, and volunteer hours all at once. At times I feel as though I have very little time to just be able to kick back and relax. Furthermore, I do not think that I am receiving enough sleep on a nightly basis, which hinders my productivity in all of these different commitments as a whole.

Throughout my images, I use various photography techniques, such as camera angles and fitting the frame, to convey a sense of perturbation and unease with my subject. In the first two photos, the student looks fed up with his schoolwork and makes it appear that he would rather just be in his bed relaxing, rather than having to stay up late, completing his monotonous school work. Moreover, the lack of color and background activity in the images could imply that the subject feels alone, trapped in a box of apprehension built with walls made of discomfort and exhaustion. In the third image, I include an action shot of the child being brought over the point of stability, and thus allowing his anger and discontent to overthrow his rightful state of mind. His fed-up attitude forces him to push all of his papers off of his desk, as if this offers a safe haven, and therefore a conclusion to all of his suffering.