Can an old dog learn new tricks? 

Hi! My name is John Kneisler. I’m 36 years old and am in my first term attending Lane Community, working towards a media design degree. This isn’t my first time attending LCC. My first college experience didn’t last long. I didn’t even make it through the first term back in 2001. After a few different jobs I found myself working as a union roofer. I enjoyed being outside, jamming out, and taking in the sun. 

Like I said, Im 36 years old now, and have found through my life experiences that the majority of my choices back then were bad ones. I had been wanting to break away from the stresses, intense labor and that hell of a fireball in the sky, that I was left with. I finally just decided to go back to school. I spent a lot of time looking at the majors, and career fields I was interested in. It ended up coming down to either a Dental Hygiene, or a Media design degree. I’m pretty sure dental hygienists are making around $80,000 a year, and not even working full time! So I ended up choosing the media design field. Good thing too! My health class is pretty boring and I am loving every media class I am in.

Of course I am still capable of learning! I just proved it the last 2 days. Although the world has changed quite a bit in the past 18 years, I am excited to be learning the new technologies and social courtesies of today’s society.