PB&J, without a doubt the most well know together pair! This is a college student's main staple, along with mac and cheese. The shot is a bit bright and out of focus. Also, knowing several college students, they would never cut off the crusts, they are always hungry and would eat every single crumb! ;)
The knife is a bit of distraction because it's so clean with just the touch of peanut butter on the end, seems there should be peanut butter and jelly smeared on it from cutting the bread and the clean cuts on the bread also are a bit to clean, you know? A 5 to start, going to a 6
Had the same idea myself (peanut b. and jelly at leat), but ddn't end up shooting it because I could not do it artistically. This meets the challenge well, but lacks a sense of "flare" or artistry. Personally, I was going to try smearing the peanut butter and jelly together on a glass plate in a nice swirly pattern and shoot it as a closeup.
Yes, they do go together. You've made some attempt to balance the composition, but on the whole, I feel that the subject matter isn't particularly interesting. It's just too ordinary for me. 3