While visiting several construction sites on Texas State’s campus, what stood out the most to me were the conditions under which the workers were doing their jobs. Besides the triple-digit heat index that day, the workers were wearing hard hats, a lot of protective equipment and clothing.
It occurred to me that this particular segment of people don’t have much of a voice in the media because most news outlets are likely to focus on what is being built at a construction site, and not so much on the everyday condition of who is building it.
By visiting a place like this, I realized that much more insight could be gained into the individual lives of the construction workers by understanding what they have to sacrifice for their jobs.
How does the heat affect them? Why are they working here? What long-term injuries have they sustained from their job? Has their health been affected by working here? What does this job mean to them and their families?
There is always so much written and read about important events and people on this campus, and a construction worker is someone we have all gotten used to passing everyday on our way to class without giving them a second look.
I think that people would definitely show more appreciation toward these people if they knew more about their struggles in life due to their construction job.
It occurred to me that this particular segment of people don’t have much of a voice in the media because most news outlets are likely to focus on what is being built at a construction site, and not so much on the everyday condition of who is building it.
By visiting a place like this, I realized that much more insight could be gained into the individual lives of the construction workers by understanding what they have to sacrifice for their jobs.
How does the heat affect them? Why are they working here? What long-term injuries have they sustained from their job? Has their health been affected by working here? What does this job mean to them and their families?
There is always so much written and read about important events and people on this campus, and a construction worker is someone we have all gotten used to passing everyday on our way to class without giving them a second look.
I think that people would definitely show more appreciation toward these people if they knew more about their struggles in life due to their construction job. 
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