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Rizal CH 3
Rizal CH 3
- 4 R's that ilustrado family received - READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC & RELIGION
- Knowledge was forced into minds by means of tedius memory method, teacher's whip
- Rizal acquire necessary instruction preparatory for college work in Manila & abroad
- He was born physical weakling, become intellectual giant, outmoded and backward system
instruction obtain in thr Philippines
- 1st teacher - His Mother - a remarkable woman of good character and fine culture
- 3rd - Leon Monroy, former classmate of his father, he lived in Rizal home, instructor in
Spanish and Latin
- JUNE 1869 Sunday afternoon - he left Calamba for Biñan, accompanied by Paciano
- Rode a Carromata after 1 1/2 hours drive reach destination, proceed to Aunt's house at almost
night
- Rizal and Leandro (cousin) went sightseeing in town become depressed because of homesick
- Monday morning, Paciano brought hin to school of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
- School (Teacher's home) a small nipa hut, 30meters from Aunt's home
- The class laughed at him, especially Pedro, because he knows Spanish & Latin
- Rizal described the teacher as tall, thin, long-necked, sharp nose, wearing sinamay shirt woven
in Batangas
- After the furst dag, in afternoon he met Pedro and challenged him to a fight
- They wrestled furiously in classroom, he defeated the bigger though he is smaller and younger
coz he learned art of wrestling from his Tio Manuel (athletic)
- Jose lost, having weaker arm, and nearly cracked his head on sidewalk
- Juancho - father-in-law of the school teacher, an old painter house near the school
- Juancho gave him free drawing and painting lesson, imprred by artistic talent of Rizal
- Jose Guevarra, appentice of the old painter - also improved became the favorite painters in
class
- He heard mass at 4 o'clock or studied lesson and went to mass afterwards. He returned to home and
went to orchard to look for mabolo to eat.
-Jose beat all biñ an boys and suprassed them all in Spanish, Latin and other subjects
- They wickedly squealed to the teacher whenever Jose had a fight outside the school and the teacher
punish Jose
- 1870 Jose received a letter from Saturnina informning him of the arrival of the steamer Talim which
would take him from Biñ an to Calamba
- Upon reading the letter he had a premonition that he would not return to Biñ an so that he became sad
- He was thrilled to take passage on the steamer Talim for it was the first time he ever rode on a steamer.
MARTYRDOM OF GOM-BUR-ZA
- January 20, 1872 about 200 filipino soldiers and workmem of the Cavite arcesal under the leadership
of Lamadrid
- Filipino sergeant rose in violent mutiny because of the abolition of their privileges, including
exemption from tribute and poloby the reactionary Governor Rafael de Izquierdo
- Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora leaders of the secular movement to Filipinize
the Philippine parishes.
- Jose Ma. Basa, Attorneys Joaquin Pardo de Tavera and Antonio Ma. Regidor magnified the failed mutiny
into revolt for philippine independence.
- Martyrdom Gom-Bur-Za in 1872 truly inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny
- Doñ a Teodora was suddenly arrested on a malicious charge that she and her brother Jose Alberto tried
to poison the latters perfidious wife
- Jose Alberto a rich ilustrado has just returned from a business trip in Europe
- Spanish lieutenant of the Guardia Civil filed a case in court accusing her husband and Doñ a Teodora of
attempting to poison her
- After arresting Doñ a Teodora the sadistic Spanish lieutenant forced him to walk from Calamba to Santa
Cruz a distance of 50 kilometers.
- Upon arrival in Santa Cruz she was incarcerated at the provincial prison where she languished for two
years and a half until the Manila Royal Audiencia (Supreme Court)