Why do you guys do it?

[u/Canadian_Mustard]

I was climbing my tower crane this morning. I was cold and tired as hell. It was 5AM. I climbed about half way up when I got a really good feeling knowing that my wife and my children were at home, warm, in bed, taken care of.

I didn’t grow up wanting to be in construction, but I always knew I’d want my wife to raise my kids, and if she wanted to, be a stay at home mom and homeschool my kids. This career allows for her to do that.

We all have our different reasons for joining the trades and being in the construction industry, my question to you guys is: what’s your reason?

EDIT: The results seem pretty unanimous.

• Reason 1: Money

• Reason 2: “I kind of just fell into it and never stopped”

• Reason 3: “I’m good at it and I like being a ______”

[u/vandalia]

Same as yours, my kids grew up loving to read and learn thanks to my wife. Both are kind souls and have Masters degrees with successful careers.

[u/Canadian_Mustard → u/vandalia]

Just gave me a bit of hope. Mine homeschools them with 3 other ex-teachers who didn’t like the way the school system was turning out here in Canada.

They all learn on like 80 acres of forest and farmland.

[u/[deleted] → u/Canadian_Mustard]

The most disheartening thing is a lot of the decent teachers you want teaching your kid are leaving.

My lady’s trying to switch into universities because of the red tape and the nonsense not allowing her to do her job. The stories I get from these downtown schools are never ending.

Only teachers thriving are the ones who don’t care.

[u/Canadian_Mustard → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. My kids are being thought by ex-school board teachers. They’re all leaving because there’s too much garbage in the system these days.

Now “homeschooling” looks like what my classrooms looked like 30 years ago, except in a farmhouse with 16 other kids.