Early Education in Calamba and Binan Chapter 3Introduction e@ Rizal has his early education in Calamba and Bifian. e It wasatypical schooling that a son of an illustrado family 7O received during his Ct 3. time, characterized by the four R's x @ Reading Writing et Arithmetic, and ReligionThe Hero’s First Teacher The first teacher of Rizal was his mother. It was his mother who first discovered that herson had atalent in poetry. His parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home @ Maestro Celestina @ Maestro Lucas Padua @ Leon Monroy —former classmate of Rizal's father After Monroy’s death, his parents decided to send their gifted son to a private school in Bifian.First School Brawl Rizal on the first day met the bully Pedro. Rizal was angry at this bully for making fun of him inthe morning. Jose challenge him toa fight, they wrestled and Rizal won because of hisTio Manuel where he learned the art of wrestling. Inthe afternoon, a classmate named Andres Salandanan challenged him to an arm-wrestling match. Jose lost having the weaker arm, but he never ran away from a fight.Painting lessons Daily Life in Bian e@ Jose and his @ Jose led a Spartan classmates , Jose life in simplicity in Guevarra became Bihan apprentices of the old painter called Juancho.Best Student in School In academic, Jose beat all the Bifian boys. @ He surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin and other subjects. End of Bifian Schooling Before Christmas of 1870, Jose received a letter from his sister, informing him the arrival of the steamer Talim which would take him back to Calamba.Martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za The martyrdom of Gomburza in 1872 truly inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish Tyranny Rizal dedicated his second novel El Filibusterismo to themInjustice to Hero’s Mother e@ June of 1872, Rizal’s mother was suddenly arrested ona malicious charge that she and her brother, Jose Alberto tried to poison the latter's perfidious wife. © Dojia Teodora was forced to walk from Calamba to Santa Cruz, a distance of 50 kilometers. @ She was imprisoned for 2 years and a half until the Supreme Court acquitted her of the alleged crime.