Lorenzo Arredondo thought for a long time that teaching would be a great career to go into. While attending Austin College, Lorenzo contemplated what degree he would pursue: computer science (for which he had already taken two courses), political science (his dream job), or pedagogy (he had already taken two courses of this as well). Lorenzo’s decision came down to what profession offered the best salary, with the best benefits, and decided upon computer science! It was not until transferring to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) that Lorenzo would ultimately go back to the career that he had originally hoped to do immediately after college, pedagogy.

Pedagogy, the art or profession of teaching, was declared as Arredondo’s major after the Austin College years after deciding that a career that would keep his interests and make good use of his creativity would serve Lorenzo tremendously in the long run.

While the two years at Austin College may have seemed short, Lorenzo interned at an elementary school and middle school and came up with a philosophy of education. This philosophy, revised as Lorenzo continues to work in the classroom, sets on paper the beliefs that the teacher has about the idea of education.

In education, Lorenzo believes:

1. Teachers have the ability to reach each and every student, provided they try in numerous ways and never give up.
2. Every student wants to be successful.

Education is not the process of children memorizing information for a test, and Lorenzo knew this. Profoundly delighted with his interning in Sherman, TX school, Lorenzo opted to veer from his computer science major upon transferring home to the University of Texas at El Paso. What would come is something of a long, rigorous journey.

Not only would path of the journey change, from majoring in computer science to teaching, but Lorenzo would also have to face a longer journey (the degree would take an additional year to obtain because of some courses not transferring over.) The two years in Sherman would be beneficial, for now Lorenzo knew what career he wanted to pursue, how to pursue it, and it was only a matter of time and effort before he had it. Things were beginning to look up.