CHAPTER 3: EARLY EDUCATION IN CALAMBA AND BINAN

Jose Rizal is a son of a/an?

Ilustrado

What are the four R’s?

Reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion

It may be said that Rizal, who was born a ___ , rose to become an ___ not because of, but rather in spite of, the ___

physical weakling; intellectual giant; outmoded and backward system of instruction obtaining in the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish regime

Who is the first teacher of Rizal?

His mother, Dona Teodora

Where did Jose Rizal learn the alphabet and prayers?

On his mother’s lap

At what age did Jose Rizal learn the alphabet and prayers?

At the age of 3

Where and at what age did Jose Rizal learn the alphabet and prayers?

On his mother’s lap and at the age of 3

What did Jose Rizal write in his student memoirs?

“My mother, taught me how to read and to say haltingly the humble prayers which I raised fervently to God.”

As a tutor, Dona Teodora was ____, _____, and ______

patient; conscientious; understanding

Dona Teodora related many stories to?

• To lighten the monotomy of memorizing the ABCs

• to stimulate her son’s imagination

Who are the tutors of Jose Rizal?

• Maestro Celestino

• Maestro Lucas Padua

• Leon Monroy

Who is Rizal’s first tutor?

Maestro Celestino

Who is Rizal’s second tutor?

Maestro Lucas Padua

Who is Rizal’s third tutor?

Leon Monroy

He is an old man and a former classmate of Rizal’s father and loved at the Rizal home and instructed Jose in Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he did not live long. He died five months later.

Leon Monroy

Where did Leon Monroy live?

Rizal home

What did Leon Monroy teach Rizal?

Spanish and Latin

How many months did Monroy die later on

5 months

This is when the hero’s parents decided to send their gifted son to a private school in Binan

After Monroy’s death