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Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4: The School Life of Jose P. Laurel
Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4: The School Life of Jose P. Laurel
The School
Life of
Jose P.
Laurel
EVENT 1
The institution founded by
Father Valerio had greatly
deteriorated due to the
poor quality of the teaching
staff, and bored Jose was
often absent from his
Jose was malikot or a classes.
EVENT 2
mischievous child. When he
was about six or seven
years old, he slipped down
the deep well in the garden
at the backyard of the
house. His mother, Jacoba tried
reasoning with him, but
instead of studying his
homework, he would grab a
EVENT 4
where his father had
studied.This time, he took
his studies seriously; he
scored 99 percent in Latin,
over 90 in History, and got
100 in Algebra in the final
The class of 1911, to which
examinations.
Laurel belonged, graduated
the greatest number of
EVENT 5
outstanding Filipinos,
including Elpidio Quirino who
become his opponent for
the presidency nearly four
decades later.
EVENT 6
sophomore, Laurel became
a members of the Crypta
Debating Club. The club had
25 members who met
weekly after class hours.