Rizal's early education

• Teodora Alonso - Rizal’s first teacher
• Rizal learned the alphabet and the prayers at the age of 3
• Rizal's mother told him about the Parable of the Moth and encouraged him to write poems
• Sa aking mga kabata - At the age of eight he wrote his first poem which symbolizes his love for the national language and encourages his countrymen to do the same
• PRIVATE TUTORS OF RIZAL

  1. Maestro Celestino
  2. Maestro Lucas Padua
  3. Leon Monroy
• Senor Justiniano Aquino Cruz - strict practitioner of pounding knowledge not only into the eye and ear, but also the palm.
• PRECEDENTS EVENT TO THE IGNATIAN LIFE

  1. Paciano Rizal studying at Colegio De San Jose under Fr. Jose Burgos
  2. Cavite Mutiny took place on January 20, 1872 by Sergeant La Madrid
  3. GOMBURZA execution - February 17, 1872
  4. arrest of his mother - 1871
  5. Rizal took and passed the exam in letran
  6. Matriculation at Ateneo - June 10, 1872
• Binan: Paciano brought Rizal to Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
• Binan: Jose met the bully, Pedro, and challenged him to a fight
• Binan: Classmate named Andes Saladanan challenged him to an arm-wrestling match
• Binan: He excelled in all his subjects especially in Latin and Spanish languages and because of this it was not surprising that some of his older classmates became jealous of him.
• He stayed in Binan for one and a half year and his teacher wrote a letter to his parents telling that, Jose has learned everything and he needs to go to college in Manila
• Four months after the execution of the three martyr priest, and Donya Teodora still in prison, Rizal was being sent off to Manila to further pursue his study under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits, Ateneo de Manila
• It was formerly called Escuela Pia, a school established for poor boys in 1817
• He used the name “Rizal” as his surname instead of Mercado, boarded in Caraballo street outside of Intramuros with Aling Titay as her landlady
• Roman Empire - internos, boarders
• Carthaginian Empire - externos, non boarders
• Fr. Jose Bech - first professor of Rizal
• FIRST YEAR IN ATENEO

  
  

  Rizal was an externo and was assigned to Carthaginians
• FIRST YEAR IN ATENEO

  
  

  Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College and paid three pesos for extra Spanish lessons
• SUMMER OF 1873

  • It was March 1873 when Rizal returned to Calamba to have his summer vacation
  • His sister Neneng ( Saturnina) brought him to Tanawan  to cheer him up
  • He also visited his mother in prison without the knowledge of his father
  • After his vacation he returned to Manila for his second year in college and boarded inside the Intramuros
• SECOND YEAR IN ATENEO

  
  

  Rizal studied harder, and once more became an “emperor” after losing his class leadership
• SECOND YEAR IN ATENEO

  
  

  He has 3 classmates from Biñan who had also been his classmates in the school of Maestro Justiniano
• THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO

  • Shortly after the opening of classes, his mother was released from prison.
  • In the previous years, Rizal did not make an excellent showing in his studies.
  • He failed to win the medal in Spanish because his speech was not fluently sonorous.
  • March 1875 – Rizal returned to Calamba for summer vacation
• FOURTH YEAR IN ATENEO

  • June 16, 1875
  • He became an interno in Ateneo
  • Rizal won five medals
  • June 1876 was Rizal’s last year in Ateneo, he is truly the “Pride of the Jesuits” having excelled in all his subjects.
  • graduated BACHELOR OF ARTS with highest honors
• Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez - inspired him to study harder and write poetry
• Jose Rizal - Secretary of the Marian Congregation
• Jose is a member of Academy of Spanish Literature and the Academy of Natural Sciences
• Studied painting under the famous Spanish painter Agustin Saez
• Studied Sculpture under Romualdo de Jesus
• Rizal engaged in gymnastics and fencing
• Father Jose Vilaclara - advised him to stop communing with the muses and pay more attention to practical studies such as philosophy and natural sciences
• Carved an image of The Virgin Mary on a piece of “batikuling” – Philippine hardwood
• Father Lleonart - requested him to carve an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• POEMS WRITTEN BY RIZAL DURING ATENEO DAYS

  1. Mi Primera Inspiration (My First Inspiration)
  2. El Heroism de Colon (The Heroism of Colombus)
  3. Colon Y Juan II
  4. Gran Consuelo en la Mayor Desdicha
  5. Un Diarogo Alusivo a la Despedidade Los Colegiales
• Land Surveying and Assessment - March 14, 1877, with honours and sobresaliente. (excellent)
• Took and passed a licensure exam in 1878 but was not given a license until 1881
• In 1878, he enrolled for a degree in Philosophy at University of Santo Tomas
• After his graduation in Ateneo, his father wanted him to pursue higher education believing that great future that awaited his son whose intelligence was among the best during his time. Despite the disapproval of his mother Rizal continued to study in University of Sto. Tomas
• He finally decided to take up medicine with the advice of Fr. Pablo Ramon, the Director of Ateneo de Manila with the intention and  desire to cure Doña Teodora’s failing eyesight