Module 3 (Rizal’s Early Formal and Informal Education)

Who taught Jose Rizal as his first form of education?

His Mother - Teodora Alonso Realonda de Quintos

by the age of 3..

he already learnt the alphabet and some prayers

He had private tutors that taught him what?

Spanish and Latin

How old was he when he recieved formal education and where?

At age 8, went to a school in Binan accompanying his brother Paciano.

on Rizal’s first day at school, who won the fight between Rizal and Pedro?

Rizal

Rizal exemplified intellectual superiority, oustmarting his classmates in what?

Spanish and Latin (his classmates were jelly LOL)

How many years after did Rizal return back to Calamba

2 Years.

How old was Rizal when the GomBurZa execution happen?

11 years old (Year: 1872)

Who are the Native Clergy?

Filipino Catholic Priests

The friars launched a propaganda campaign proclaiming that native priests were:?

• immoral

• disloyal

• Theological Ineptitude (dumb and illiterate basically)

Who is Jose Apolonio Burgos

• Son of Spanish Army Lieutenant and a spanish mestiza

• Studied at Letran

• earned a doctorate in Theology and Canon Law at UST

What Church was Burgos a Rector for?

Manila Cathedral

Who was best friends with Burgos?

Paciano Mercado

How old was Burgos when he was executed?

35 years old

What did the Pamphlet (1864) argue?

• Filipino priests should have equal rights of being appointed as parish priest

• Filipino priests can be trusted with the highest responsibility in the church

• Friars permanently administering a parish is a form of anomaly

What was the Pamphlet (1864)?

A published anonymous pamphlet defending Filipino clergy against charges that they were inferior and disloyal to spain

Who is the rumoured author of the Pamphlet (1864)?

Jose Apolonio Burgos

When did the Cavite Mutiny (Cavite Rebellion) happen?

Eve of January 2-, 1872

What happened during the Cavite Mutiny (Cavite Rebellion)

200 Filipino soldiers attacked the cavite arsenal

Why did the Cavite Mutiny (Cavite Rebellion) happen?

The Spanish government abolished the soldiers exemption from tax and forced labour

Who believed that the cavite mutiny was planned by the native clergy?

Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo

Who was GomBurZa?

Fr. Jose Burgos (Rector of Manila Cathedral)
Fr. Jacinto Zamora (Priest of Manila Cathedral / loved playing cards(?))
Fr. Mariano Gomez (Priest of a Cavite Church)

Who did they believe was the masterminds of the Cavite Mutiny?

GomBurZa

Who is Francisco Zaldua

Was a soldier that testified against the GomBurZa, thinking he would be pardoned after the cavite mutiny. However he was the first to be executed alongside the GomBurZa

How were the GomBurZa executed?

by Garote

Which book was heavily inspired by the martyrdom of GomBurZa?

El Filibusterismo

Why did Rizal take the last name of Rizal instead of Mercado (his family last name)?

Because the last name Mercado was associated with his brother, Paciano Mercado, who was a friend of Fr. Burgos (GomBurZa). He chose Rizal to avoid any association.

After GomBurZa, where did Rizal study?

Manila

What are the two groups that the classes in Ateneo were divided into?

• Roman Empire (Internos—so basically boarding students)

• Carthaginian Empire (Externos—so basically non-boarding students)

What are the 5 dignitaries in each empire? (ATENEO)

• Emperor - Highest

• Tribune

• Decurion

• Centurion

• Standard-Bearer - Lowest

What year did Rizal graduate in Ateneo?

March 23, 1877

What did Rizal graduate with?

Bachelor in Arts Degree, with honours—sobresaliente

Rizal’s Achievements in Ateneo:

• First Year - A religious picture

• Second Year - Excellent Grade and a gold medal

• Third Year - Single Medal in Latin

• Fourth Year - Five Medals

• Last Year - Graduated Bachelor in Arts Degree, with honours—sobresaliente

What were the extra curricular activities that Rizal partook

• campus leader

• poet

• studied painting

• sculptor

• engaged in gymnastics and fencing

• Active member in school organisations

Why did Rizal further his studies after Ateneo?

Because a Bachelor in Arts is equivalent to a highschool degree

At 16, what did Rizal study?

Philosophy / Letters

Why didn’t Rizal not like UST?

• Dominican Professors were hostile to Rizal, comparing his height to a caucasian

• Filipinos were racially disciminated

• method of instructions were obsolete and repressive

Why did Rizal decide to study abroad

he hated UST ong and could no longer endure the rampant bigotry and hostility of the Dominicans ):


- also cause he has a secret mission 😮

in the universidad central de Madrid, Rizal (25 years old) recieved what degree?

• Degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters

• Degree of Licentiate in Medicine (1884)