What teenagers REALLY think

What happens when 2,000 high school and middle school students from throughout the state of California are given digital cameras and one month to capture their day-to-day life experiences? The results are documented in 350 full-color images in My So-Called Digital Life: 2,000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World (Q.779.9305235 P716m). On the back cover, project creator Bob Pletka asks "Are we ready to hear what teenagers want to tell us about themselves?" After a quick look through the book, I'm not sure I am. At least, not in terms of what they have to say about school. Image after image, caption after caption, all describing the boredom and pointlessness of their school experiences. Of course, awful schooling is not the only topic this book depicts. Many wonderful, even uplifting moments are captured. But I kind of got stuck on the school stuff. Maybe if they hadn't included the picture of this kid sleeping on the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature...