LRW.early education

• Jose left Biñan

  December 17, 1870
• Talim


  The steamer that Jose rode
• Jose's daily routine in Biñan

  • Hears mass at 4 am or studies lesson before going to mass
  • Goes to orchard to look for mabolo to eat
  • Breakfast
  • go to school at 10am
  • lunch
  • go back to school at 2pm
  • Goes home at 5 p.m.
  • Prays with cousins
  • Studies lessons, then draws a little
  • Has supper
  • Prays again
  • Goes to class at 10 a.m.
  • Lunch break
  • Goes back to school at 2 p.m.
  • Plays in the street if moon is bright
  • Sleeps
• Jose goes to Biñan

  1. One Sunday afternoon in June, 1869, Jose, after Kissing the hands of his parents and a tearful parting from his sister, left Calamba for Biñan

  2. He was accompanied by Paciano, who acted as his second father

  3. The two brothers rode in a carromata, reaching their destination after one and one-half hours' drive

  4. They proceeded to their aunt's house, where Jose was to lodge

  5. It was almost night when they arrived, and the moon was about to rise
• Rizal's first teacher


  • His mother, Doña Teodora, who was a remarkable woman of good character and fine culture
  • As tutor, she was patient, conscientious, and understanding
  • She first discovered that her son had a talent for poetry and encouraged him to write poems
  • She related many stories to lighten the monotony of memorizing the ABC's and to stimulate her son's imagination
• Rizal's private tutors at home

  • Maestro Celestino
  • Maestro Lucas Padua
  • Leon Monroy, a former classmate of Rizal's father