- 1st: Before we’re going to have a formal discussion about the early education of our national hero, we must need to know first what are the objectives that we need to attain at the end of the lesson
1st: Rizal had his early education in Calamba and Biňan
4th: Knowledge was forced into the minds of pupils by means of tedious (boring or too slow or long) memory method aided by the teacher’s whip
2nd: On her lap, he learned at the age of three the alphabet and the prayers
4th: Teodora wa very careful and concerned with doing something correctly in educating Pepe
1st: As Jose grew older, his parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home
1st: On June 1869 (8-9 years old), Jose with a tearful parting from his family, went to Biňan for his study
3rd: He experienced his first school brawl against Pedro, the son of Maestro Justiniano
4th: Jose, despite of being shorter and younger, won the fight
2nd: He surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin and other subjects
3rd: Some of his older classmates were jealous of his intellectual superiority that they told lies to discredit him before the teacher’s eyes
1st: Jose received a letter from his oldest sister Saturnina informing him to travel back in Calamba
- Before Jose entered and during his study in Ateneo, there were events that took place and greatly affected the thinking of young Jose towards inequality and discrimination
2nd: They were accused of supporting the failed Cavite Mutiny and executed under the government of Gov.-Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo
3rd:The martyrdom of Gomburza truly inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny and redeem his oppressed people
3rd: After 2 and a half years being incarcerated, she was acquitted by the Royal Audiencia
1st: 4 months after the martyrdom of GOMBURZA and with Donya Teodora still in prison, Jose was sent to manila.
2nd: He studied in the Ateneo Municipal
4th: College during their time is equivalent to our high school of today
7th: It was formerly Escuela Pia, a school for porr boys of Manila which was established by the government in 1817
Last: He obtained a bachelor of Arts degree, with the highest honors, that entitled him to admission in any University
- 1st: Jose went to Manila to study in Escuela Pia (Ateneo Municipal/Manila) under the Spanish Jesuits
3rd: He registered this name at the Ateneo because their family name “Mercado” had come under the suspicion of the Spanish authorities
2nd: It trained the character of the student by rigid discipline and religious instruction
3rd: It promotes physical culture, humanities and scientific studies
2nd: The best student in each empire was the emperor, the second was the tribune, the third was the decurion
3rd: The fourth was the centurion, and the fifth was the standard-bearer
3rd: His opponent could lose his position if he committed three mistakes
4th: The two empires were in constant competition for supremacy in the class
2nd: Being a newcomer and knowing little Spanish, Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class
4th: After first week, he progressed rapidly, and at the end of the month, he became emperor
5th: He was the brightest pupil in the whole class
3rd: Without telling his father, Rizal went to Sta. Cruz to visit his mother
4th: He told of his brilliant grades and his dream that his mother will be released in prison
