Rizal's Childhood Early Educ

• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda
• Rizal is rice field
• Mercado is market
• Rizal born in June 19, 1861
• Rizal is born in Calamba, Laguna
• Rizal's nickname is Pepe or Pepito
• Rizal's father is Francisco Mercado Rizal
• Rizal's mother Teodora Alonso Realonda
• Rizal's siblings are, Saturnina, Narcisa, Lucia, Josefa, Soledad, Paciano, Olympia, Maria, Conception, and Trinidad
• At the age of 5, rizal was able to read the Spanish family bible "historia sagrada"
• Rizal wrote 2 religios poems, Al Nino Jesus, and A La Virgen Maria
• the name of Rizal's dog is usman
• Dona Teodora, his mother, was the first teacher of Jose Rizal that taught him the alphabet.
• Gregorio Alberto inspires Rizal by working hard, to think of himself, and observe life keenly
• Jose inspire Rizal by sketch, paint, and sculpt
• Manuel inspires Rizal by with swimming, fencing, wrestling, and other sports
• Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz, is former teacher of paciano whom rizal described as someone who was quick to discipline his students using a short thin stick. His first formal teacher
• Teodora was hauled to jail, by the mayor, Antonio Vivencio Del Rosario
• Freedom Teodora finally regained after 2 and half a years
• Rizal won a special prize in poetry for "A La Juventud Filipina" while he was in Ateneo.
• Rizal was 11 years old when he enrolled in Ateneo
• Escuela Pia (Charity School) former name of Ateneo , for poor boys in Manila which was established by the city government in 1817
• June 10, 1872 Rizal was accompanied by Paciano went to manila
• father Magin Ferrando was the college registrar, refused to admit Rizal in Ateneo for two reasons, (1) he was late for registration (2) he was sickly and undersized for his age.
• Manuel Xerex Burgos because of his intercession, nephew of Father Burgos, Rizal was reluctantly admitted at the Ateneo.
• To improve his spanish, Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during the noon recesses. He was paid three pesos for those extra Spanish Lessons
• Rizal grades remained excellent in all subjects but he won only one medal - in Latin
• June 16, 1875 Rizal became an interno in the Ateneo
• Padre Francisco de Paula Sanchez inspires Rizal to study harder and to write poetry
• The most brilliant Atenean of his time, Rizal was truly the "Pride of the Jesuits"
• March 23, 1877 Commencement Day, Rizal, who was 16 years old, received from his Alma Mater, Ateneo Municipal, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors
• Marian Congregation a religious society wherein Rizal was an active member and later became the secretary.
• Father Jose Vilaclara advised Rizal to stop communing with the Muse and pay more attention to more practical studies
• Rizal studies paintig under the famous Spanish painter, Agustin Saez, and sculpture under Romualdo de Jesus, noted Filipino Sculptor.
• Rizal carved an image of the Virgin Mary on a piece of batikuling (Philippine Hardwood) with his pocket - knife
• Father Lleonart impressed by Rizal's sculptural talent, requested him to carve for him an image of Sacred Heart of Jesus
• April 1877 Rizal who was then nearly 16 years old, matriculated in the University of Santo Tomas, taking the course on Philosophy and Letters
• After finishing the first year if a course in Philosophy and Letters (1877-1878), Rizal transferred to the Medical Course
• Two reason why Rizal transferred to Medicine, he wanted to cure his mother's failing eyesight and; through the advice if Father Pablo Ramon, Father Rector of Ateneo recommended Rizal to take medicine
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas the first favorite novel of Rizal which made a deep impression on him