FALLACY

• 12 students in Ateneo, only 3 didn’t get

SOBRESALIENTE
• PASCUAL POBLETE – originally written “Sa
Aking mga Kababata”
• Outstanding Linguist & essayist in the Golden
Age of Spanish
• At 8 yrs. old it’s impossible for Jose Rizal to
write based on a Greek Philosophy – these can
be found in school library.
 PAG-AARAL
UST
• DOMINICANS
• Teachers are hostile
• Filipino Students: racially
discriminated; Favoritism
• Corporal Punishment:
Verbal Abuse; Derogatory
Remarks
• Methods of Teaching:
Obsolete & repressive
ATENEO
• JESUITS
• More advanced
• EMPIRE: Healthy
Competition ; Colonial
Mentality
• Building Human
Potential & Self-esteem
• Religious instruction;
rigid discipline
 Education
 Rizal first studied under Justiniano
Aquino Cruz in Biñan, Laguna. He was
sent to Maynila to continue his studies by
his brother Paciano.
 He received his Bachelor of Arts on
March 14,1877 and graduated as one of
the nine students declared sobresaliente
or outstanding. He continued his
education at the Ateneo Municipal to Rizal as a student at the
obtain a land surveyor and assessor's
University of Santo Tomas.
degree, and at the same time at the
University of Santo Tomas where he
studied Philosophy and Letters. Upon University of Santo Tomas
learning that his mother was going blind,
he decided to study medicine specializing
in ophthalmology at the University of
Santo Tomas but did not complete it
because he felt that Filipinos were being
discriminated against by the Dominicans
who were operating the school.
 Education

 On May 3, 1882, he sailed for

Spain where he continued his
studies at the Universidad
Universidad Central de Madrid
Central de Madrid. On June
21, 1884, at the age of 23, he
was conferred the degree of
Licentiate in Medicine and on
June 19,1885, at the age of 24,
he finished his course in
Philosophy and Letters with a
grade of "excellent."
 Hero’s
First
Teacher

Jose End of
goes Biñan
Biñan schooling

Painting
First Day
lessons
in Biñan
in Biñan
 Hero’s First
Teacher

Teodora Alonso Realonda

y Quintos

• On her lap, Rizal learned

at the age of 3 the
alphabet and the prayers
• Patient, conscientious,
and understanding
• Discovered that her son
had a talent of poetry
 Maestro
Lucas
Padua
Maestro
Maestro
Leon
Celestino
Monroy
Hero’s
Private
Tutors
Jose goes to Biñan

June
1869
First day in Biñan
Painting Lessons in Biñan

JUANCH
JOSE
O
GUEVARRA
• Taught
rizal the
art of
painting
JOSE RIZAL
 Jesuit
system of
Education

First to Fifth
Poems Year

Ateneo (1872-1877)

Municipal

Extra
Anecdotes
Curricular
of Rizal
Activities
 Jesuit System of Education at
Ateneo Ateneo de
Municipal
Roman Carthaginia
Empire n Empires
5 Ranks
(Interno) (Externo)

Emperor
Tribune
Decurion
Centurion
Standard Bearer
 First Year (1872-1873)

Boarded From
From Santa
in a house Religious Emperor
bottom to Isabel
outside Picture became
Emperor College
Intramuros a Tribune
Scholastic Records
Second Year (1873-1874)
Excellent
in all
Boarded at
subjects,
Intramuros
and 5 gold
medals

Became
an March
Emperor 18,1874
again
Scholastic Records
Teenage Interest in
Reading
 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander
Dumas

 Cesar Cantu’s Historical works entitled Universal

History

 Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodo Jagor

 What impressed him in the book were:
1. Jagor’s keen observation of the defects of
Spanish Colonialization
2. His prophecy that someday Spain would lose
the Philippines and that America would come to
succeed her as a colonizer..
 Third Year (1874-
1875) His was
Mother

released in
prison
Remained
Excellent in all He was not
his Grades, satisfied
and a gold with his
medal for grades
Latin
Scholastic Records
Fourth Year (1875-1876)

Fr. Francisco
Became an
de Paula
Interno
Sanchez

Topped in
all subjects
and won 5
medals
Scholastic Records
Fifth/Last Year (1876-1877)

He was the “Pride of the

Jesuits”

Graduated with Highest

Honors
Scholastics Records
Extra Curricular
Involvement
 Campus leader
 Active member and became a secretary of
the Marian Congregation Religious Society
 Member of the Academy of Spanish
Literature and Academy of Natural Sciences
 Poet
 Studied painting under the famous Spanish
Painter. Agustin Saez
 Improved his sculpture talents under the
supervision of Romualdo de Jesus
 Engaged in gymnastics and fencing and
continued the physical training under his
sports-minded Tio Manuel.
Sculptural Works

The Virgin Sacred Heart

Mary of Jesus
Anecdotes of
Rizal
 Poems

1874 1875 1876 1877

Mi
Primera
Inspiraci
He wrote He wrote He wrote
on (My
6 Poems 5 Poems 4 Poems
First
Inspirtio
 Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria
(Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light)

 Alianza Intima Entre la Religion y la

Buena Educacion (The Intimate Alliance
Between Religion and Good Education)
 He took the
course of
Medicine

Father Pablo Donya Teadora

Ramon Alonso Realonda
• Rector of y Quintos
Ateneo • Mother of Rizal
 Rizal
Enters
the
University
Finishes
Unhappy
surveying
days
course

UST
Victim of
Champion
Spanish
of Filipino
Students Officer’s
Brutality

Literary
Works
 Rizal enters the
Reasons
University
why he
enrolled

He was uncertain
To appease his
as to what career
father to pursue

Philosophy and
letters
 Victim of Spanish Officer’s
Brutality

JOSE RIZAL LIEUTENAN General

T OF Primo de
GUARDIA Rivera
CIVIL

“I went to the Captain General but I could not obtain justice; my

wound lasted two weeks.”
 Literary Works
 “A La Juventud  “El Consejo de
Filipina” To the los Dioses” The
Filipino Youth Council of the
(1879)
Gods (1880)

 His prize is a
4th
Silver pen,
Commemoration of
feather-shaped
the death of
and decorated
Cervantes
with a gold
ribbon
His prize is a gold
ring engraved with
 A Classic the bust of
Philippine Cervantes
Literature
 Other Literary Works
“Junto al Pasig” Beside the Pasig
(1880) – a zarzuela

“Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma” (1879) – a

poem

“A Filipinas” (1880) – a sonnet

Unhappy days at the
UST

The
method of
instruction
was
obsolete
 The Filipino and
Students were repressive
racially
discriminated
against by the
spaniards
 Universidad
Central de
Madrid

May Medicine
3,1882

Philosophy
and Letters
Rizal’s life in Madrid
Nov 3, 1882 – Rizal enrolled at
Universidad Central de Madrid
June 21, 1884 – He receive a
licentiate in Medicine
1884-1885 – He took and
passed all the subjects leading
to the degree of Doctor of
Medicine,
June 19, 1885 – He receive a
licentiate in Philosophy and
 Rizal at Paris

 In 1885, he went to Paris to acquire more

knowledge in ophthalmology.

 Nov. 1885, He worked as an assistant to

Dr. Loui de Weckert, a leading French
ophthalmologist.
Reasons why he choose to
stay longer
Gain further in his studies in science
and languages;
Understand the economic political
conditions of German nation;
To associate with the famous
scientist and scholars; and
To publish his novel Noli Me
Tangere
 “UGAT NG
PINAGMULAN AT
MGA NINUNO NI
JOSE RIZAL”

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