RIZAL WEEK 5-6: RIZAL'S LIFE: Higher Education and Life Abroad

Ateneo

Was known to be the most prestigious college for boys because of its great teachings

1872-1877

What year did Rizal study under Ateneo?

Jesuit priests

Rizal studied in Ateneo de Manila under the supervision of?

Escuela Pia

Rizal went to Ateneo Municipal, formerly known as?

Letran

In search for Rizal’s formal knowledge as a high school student, his father wanted to send Rizal to?

Colegio de San Juan de Letran (June 10,1872)

Rizal took first the entrance examination at the? (Include year)

Paciano

Who accompanied Rizal when he took his exam at Colegio de San Juan de Letran?

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

The exams for incoming freshmen in the different colleges for boys were administered or held at the ________ since the Dominicans exercised the power of inspection and regulation over Ateneo that time

Father Magin Ferrand

Although Rizal qualified in the entrance examination, this person, who was then the College registrar, refused Rizal’s admission in the institution for two reasons: first, Rizal was a late registrant and second, he was very pale, thin and undersized for an 11-year old.

Manuel Burgos

With the help of this person, Rizal was accepted into the institution

Father Burgos

He was registered as Jose Rizal because his real surname had rung a bell to

the ears of the authorities — this was because of Paciano’s relation with one of the

leaders of the secularization movement.

Bachiller en Artes

At that time, Ateneo was offering a six-year program that gives students the academic title of

Christian doctrine, Languages, History and Geography, Mathematics and Sciences, and Classic disciplines

Bachiller en Artes exposed students to five subjects:

Spanish, Latin, Greek and French

Topics under languages

World History and Geography and History of Spain and the Philippines

Topics under History and Geography

Geometry, Trigonometry, Mineralogy, Chemistry, Physics, Botany and Zoology

Topics under Mathematics and Sciences

Poetry, Rhetoric, And Philosophy

Topics under Classic Disciplines

Secondary education

Ateneo, as a prestigious school, offered the best ___________ for

boys that enhances the character of their students through strict religious instruction

and discipline.

Hear masses and end with prayers

Before classes at Ateneo starts, the students must first

Roman and Carthaginian

To encourage the spirit of competition among students in academics, with the

help of Atenean teachers, the school proposed a program of dividing the class into

two competing groups (empires):

Roman Empire

This group is composed of boarding students at Ateneo

Carthaginian Empire

This group is composed of non-boarding student 

Question and answers

Both groups have ranks and classifications and they competed through?

Carthaginian Empire

Which empire did Rizal belong to?

Father Jose Bech

Rizal’s first professor was?

Emperor

Rizal excelled as the _____ in his class, a title given to the most intelligent in the class.

Ration studiorum

What method of instruction was used at Ateneo, a system of indoctrination under tight and constant discipline but with reward

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

Atenean education goal:

For the Greater Glory of God

What does Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam means?

Centered on the chapel

This was considered as the highest level of extra-curricular activity in Ateneo

March 14, 1877

Rizal was able to pass his oral examination on?

Bachiller en Artes with highest academic honors

Rizal finished with the degree

Excelled 

Looking at Rizal’s scholastic records, it is evident that he _______ in his academic studies during the entire time that he was studying at Ateneo.

Racial pride, Monastic discipline, Seclusion of boarding school life

Factors that gave Rizal the motivation to outshine his classmates

Filipino student can compete and beat them academically

Note that in doing so, he wanted to prove to his Spanish classmates that a

More time to focus on his studies

For Rizal, being in a boarding school was effective as it gave him?

Marian Congregation

Rizal became a member of?

Confraternities

Rizal also became an officer in the religious _______ at Ateneo

Scholarship and Leadership

Rizal became an officer in the religious confraternities at Ateneo. This position is only offered to students who consistently possessed the highest degree of?

Father Pablo Pastells, S.J.

Rizal was also mentored by Father?

Academy of Spanish Literature and Natural Sciences

Rizal was also a member of two academic societies, which were both considered as elite organizations for students who excelled in literature and the sciences.

Sta. Isabel College

Where did Rizal take private lessons in order to be proficient in Spanish and develop his skills in poetry writing more.

Father Francisco Paula de Sanchez

Before taking up lessons in Sta. Isabel College, he was guided by this person in developing his skills in poetry

Religion, Education, and Childhood experiences

Through Rizal’s poetry, he was able to finish poems about:

Agustin Saez

During his vacant time, Rizal took painting lessons from?

Teodoro Romualdo de Jesus

Rizal also took sculpture lessons from?

Virgin Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Due to Rizal enhancing his interest in arts. As a result he was able to sculp the image of?

Father Jose Villaclara, S.J.

He encourage Rizal to pay attention also to the sciences and philosophy

Mi Primera Inspiracion

What was the first poem that Rizal wrote as a student?

Un Recuerdo de Mi Pueblo (1876)

When Rizal was a student at Ateneo, he wrote another poem. This poem was his way of giving tribute to his hometown, Calamba (Include the year)

In Memory of My Town

Un Recuerdo de Mi Pueblo means?