This episode will change the way you think about Generation Z.
In Part 2 of our *Hard Jobs* series, AWP Digital Media Manager Lakshmi Dev speaks with three students at different stages of the journey from high school to the workforce about the growing pressure to do it all: keep up with classes, earn money, build experience, pursue extracurriculars, and stay ahead. Their stories reveal how the student experience is changing as young people navigate rising costs, a competitive job market, and the expectation to constantly prepare for what comes next. They also raise a deeper question about what gets lost when students feel like they always have to be doing more.
What happens when simply being a student no longer feels like enough? Tune in today to hear students describe their experience.
**Host:** Matthew Levinger – Host of the *America’s Why Podcast*
**Host 2:** Lakshmi Dev, Digital Media Manager of the America’s Why Project
**Guests:** Amelia Bandy, Satya Van Gur, and Meeda Murikurti
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The views expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent those held by the America's Why Project team or the George Washington University.
