Module 5 (Part 3) - Medical studies at the university of santo tomas

University of Santo Tomas

Where Rizal go for higher education

Dona Teodora

She feared that with additional knowl

False

True or False:

Don Francisco and Paciano feared that with additional knowledge, the Spanish authorities might cut off Jose’s head. In contrast, Teodora wanted Jose to pursue higher learning.

Surprised

Rizal was ____ by his mother’s opposition, who was a woman of education and culture.

April 1877

Rizal entered UST (University of Santo Tomas) at this time and took up Philosophy and Letters.

Philosophy and Letters

What Rizal took in University of Santo Tomas.

1. His father liked it; and

2. He was uncertain as to what career to pursue.

3. While he was studying, he sought guidance from Father Pablo Ramon, Rector of Ateneo.

Reasons why he took Philosophy and Letters:

1877-1878

The year of his first-year term in UST.

True

True or False:

During his first-year term, he studied Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy, and History of Philosophy.

1878-1879

The year when Jose decided to shift to medicine and followed Father Pablo Ramon's advice. His decision was prompted by his desire to cure his mother’s failing eyesight.

True

True or False:

Jose decided to shift to medicine because his decision was prompted by his desire to cure his mother’s failing eyesight.

Ateneo

While Rizal was studying at UST, he also studied in _____.

Perito Agrimensor

He took the vocational course in Ateneo leading to the title “______” (expert surveyor)

True

True or False:

Rizal excelled in all subjects in the surveying course, obtaining gold medals in agriculture and topography.

1. Agriculture

2. Mechanics

3. Surveying

4. Commerce

The lists of Vocational Courses:

17

At this age, he passed the final exam in the surveying course.

False

At the age of 17, he passed the final exam in the surveying course and was granted the title as a surveyor despite being an underage

November 25, 1881

The year where Rizal have been granted the title as a surveyor.

Thomasian

Although he was a _______, he frequently visited Ateneo where he had so many beautiful memories.

Jesuit professors

They loved Rizal and inspired him to ascend to greater heights of knowledge.

1. President, Academy of Spanish Literature

2. Secretary, Academy of Natural Sciences

3. Secretary, Marian Congregation

Lists of extracurricular activities of Jose Rizal

Segunda Katigbak

She was Rizal’s love at first sight

Segunda Katigbak

She is two years younger than Rizal and she was her first love

Segunda Katigbak

Short lady with “eloquent eyes, rosy cheeks, and a smile that reveals very beautiful teeth”

Mariano Katigbak

The brother of Segunda Katigbak and Rizal’s friend

Miss L

She was a young woman in calamba

Miss L

Rizal described her as “Fair with seductive and attractive eyes.”

1. The sweet memory of Segunda was still fresh in his heart.

2. His father did not like the family of Miss L.

Rizal suddenly stopped his wooing for miss L. For the reason of:

Leonor “Orang” Velenzuela

A Calamba medical student from Laguna

Leonor “Orang” Velenzuela

The charming daughter of Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela

Leonor “Orang” Velenzuela

Tall girl with a regal bearing

Leonor “Orang” Velenzuela

Rizal sent Leonor love notes written in invisible ink.

Leonor Rivera

Rizal’s cousin from Camiling

Leonor Rivera

She was Born in Camiling, Tarlac on April 11, 1867

Leonor Rivera

A student at La Concordia College, where Soledad, his youngest sister, was then studying

Leonor Rivera

Frail, pretty girl, and tender as a budding flower with kindly wistful eyes

Leonor Rivera

In her letters to Rizal, she signed her name as “Taimis” in order to camouflage their intimate relationship from their parents and friends.

1878

One dark summer vacation night of ____ in Calamba, when Rizal was a freshman Medical Student at the University of Santo Tomas, he experienced Spanish brutality.

True

True or False:

The reason why Rizal got slashed in his back is for the reason that he did not salute or greeted the Guardia Civil because he can only see the Guardia Civil as a dimly figure.

False

True or False:

Rizal reported the incident of him being attacked by the Guardia Civil and the Guardia Civil was heavenly punished.

General Primo de Rivera

Rizal reported the incident to ______, the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, but this was unsuccessful because of the fact he was an Indio and the accused was a Spaniard.

Blumentritt

Rizal then wrote a letter to _______ dated March 21, 1887, wherein he stated, “I went to the Captain-General but I could not obtain justice; my wound lasted two weeks.”

To The Filipino Youth

This was the poem Rizal submitted on the Liceo Artistico-Literario (Artistic-Literary Lyceum) of Manila, literary contest.

Liceo Artistico-Literario

In the year 1879, the ______ (Artistic-Literary Lyceum) of Manila, a society of literary men and artists, held a literary contest.

18

The age of Rizal when he wrote his poem entitled “To the Filipino Youth”

Silver pen

Rizal received first prize in literary contest, which consisted of a _____ that was feather-shaped and decorated with a gold ribbon.

• It was a great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino, whose merit was recognized by Spanish authorities.

• It expressed for the first time the nationalistic concept that the Filipinos, not the foreigners, were the “fair hope of the Fatherland.”

The winning poem of Rizal is a classic in Philippine literature for the reasons:

Miguel De Cervantes

In the year 1880, the Artistic-Literary Lyceum (seminary) launched a literary competition for both Filipinos and Spaniards alike in loving memory of _________, the well-known author of the novel Don Quixote.

Don Quixote

In the year 1880, the Artistic-Literary Lyceum (seminary) launched a literary competition for both Filipinos and Spaniards alike in loving memory of Miguel De Cervantes, the well-known author of the novel ______.

The Council of the Gods

Rizal submitted this drama for the literary competition depicting an allegory

True

True or False:

After a long wait for a decision, Rizal eventually won due to his work’s superiority among the others and was awarded first place.

Indio

Many of the Spanish people residing in Manila at that time rebelled against the decision of crowning an “____-” as the victor.

Junto al Pasig (Beside the Pasig)

The zarzuela that Rizal produced which was staged on December 8, 1880 on the occasion of the annual celebration of the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the Ateneo.

Juanto al Pasig

This work of his was considered mediocre

Abd-el-Aziz y Mahoma

In 1879, he composed a poem entitled _________, which was declaimed by an Atenean, Manuel Fernandez, on the night of December 8, 1879, in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness.

A Filipinas

In 1880, he wrote a sonnet entitled _______ for the album of the Society of Sculptors.

Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon

In 1881, he composed a poem entitled _______. He wrote this poem as an expression of affection to Father Pablo Ramon, the Ateneo Rector, who had been so kind and helpful to him.

1. It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela

2. To see the world famed Pagsanjan Falls

Rizal and his party then went to Pagsanjan for two reasons:

Kastila and Bangus

This is what Filipino students called the arrogant Spanish students.

Indio and Chongo

This is what Spanish students called the Filipino students.

Compañerismo

In 1880, he founded a secret society of Filipino students in UST called _____.

Companions of Jehu

Compañerismo members were called this name

Chief

Rizal was the ____ of the secret society, and his cousin from Batangas, Galicano Apacible, was the secretary.

1. The Dominican professors were hostile to him.

2. The Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards.

3. The method of instruction was obsolete and repressive.

Rizal was unhappy at this Dominican institution of higher learning because:

1. Rizal was not satisfied with the system of education at the university.

2. Medicine was not Rizal's true vocation.

Some main reasons for his struggling academic performance:

True

True or False:

Rizal later find out that his real calling was in the arts, and not in medicine.

Spain

Rizal decided to study in _____ after finishing the fourth year of his medical course.

1. His older brother Paciano

2. His sisters Saturnina(Neneng) and Lucia

3. Uncle Antonio Rivera

4. The Valenzuela family

5. Some friends

The people who approved Rizal studying in abroad are

1. Rizal’s parents

2. Leonor Rivera

3. Spanish authorities

The people who disapproved Rizal studying in abroad are