Rizal

• Externo


  Carthaginians, occupying the end of the line
• Rizal was the brightest pupil in the whole class, and he was awarded a prize, a religious prize
• Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during noon recesses to improve his Spanish language paying three pesos for those extra lessons
• Rizal placed second at the end of the year, although all his grades were still marked Excellent
• Rizal didn't enjoy his summer because his mother was in prison so Neneng (Saturnina) brought him to Tanawan
• Without telling his father, he went to Santa Cruz to visit her mother in prison. He told her of his brilliant grades
• After summer, he returned to Manila and now boarded inside Intramuros at No. 6 Magallanes Street. Dona Pepay, who had a widowed daughter and 4 sons, was his landlady
• Dona Teodora told her son of her dream the previous night


  Rizal, interpreting the dream, told her that she would be released from prison in 3 months' time
• Dona Teodora likened his son to the youthful Joseph in the Bible in his ability to interpret dreams
• The Count of Monte Cristo


  Rizal's first favorite novel, which stirred his boyish imagination with the sufferings of Edmond Dantes in prison, his spectacular escape, finding a buried treasure, and dramatic revenge
• Rizal persuaded his father to buy a costly set of Cesar Cantu's historical work entitled Universal History
• Rizal read Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodor Jagor, a German scientist-traveler who visited the Philippines in 1859-60, and was impressed by Jagor's keen observations of the defects of Spanish colonization and his prophecy that Spain would lose the Philippines and America would succeed her as colonizer
• June 16, 1875- Rizal became an interno in Ateneo
• Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez


  One of Rizal's professors in Ateneo, who inspired him to study harder and write poetry, and was described by Rizal as a model of uprightness, earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils
• Externo


  Carthaginians, occupying the end of the line
• Rizal returned to Calamba with 5 medals and excellent ratings
• Rizal was the brightest pupil in the whole class, and he was awarded a prize, a religious prize
• Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during noon recesses to improve his Spanish language paying three pesos for those extra lessons
• Rizal placed second at the end of the year, although all his grades were still marked Excellent
• Rizal didn't enjoy his summer because his mother was in prison so Neneng (Saturnina) brought him to Tanawan
• Without telling his father, Rizal went to Santa Cruz to visit his mother in prison and told her of his brilliant grades
• After summer, Rizal returned to Manila and now boarded inside Intramuros at No. 6 Magallanes Street. Dona Pepay, who had a widowed daughter and 4 sons, was his landlady
• Dona Teodora told her son of her dream the previous night. Rizal, interpreting the dream, told her that she would be released from prison in 3 months' time. It became true
• Rizal likened his son to the youthful Joseph in the Bible in his ability to interpret dreams
• The Count of Monte Cristo


  Rizal's first favorite novel, by Alexander Dumas
• Rizal persuaded his father to buy a costly set of Cesar Cantu's historical work entitled Universal History
• Rizal read Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodor Jagor, a German scientist-traveler who visited the Philippines in 1859-60
• Rizal was impressed by Jagor's keen observations of the defects of Spanish colonization and his prophecy that someday Spain would lose the Philippines and that America would come to succeed her as colonizer
• On June 16, 1875, Rizal became an interno in Ateneo
• Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez, one of Rizal's professors, inspired him to study harder and write poetry. Rizal described him as a model of uprightness, earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils
• Rizal returned to Calamba with 5 medals and excellent ratings
• Rizal, 16 years old, received Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors from Ateneo Municipal


  March 23, 1877
• Rizal was the highest in all subjects and won five medals at the end of the school term
• Rizal excelled in all his subjects and was the most brilliant Atenean, he was truly "the pride of the Jesuits"
• Marian Congregation


  • Religious society
  • Rizal was an active member, later secretary
  • He was accepted because of his academic brilliance and devotion to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception
• Rizal


  • Member of the Academy of Spanish Literature
  • Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Studied painting under Agustin Saez
  • Studied sculpture under Romualdo de Jesus
  • Continued physical training under Tio Manuel
• Rizal carved an image of The Virgin Mary


  1. Used a piece of batikuling (Philippine hardwood)

  2. Used his pocketknife

  3. Jesuits fathers were amazed
• Rizal carved an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus


  1. Father Lleonart requested him to do it

  2. Ateneo boarders placed it on the door of their dormitory

  3. It played a significant part in Rizal's last hours at Fort Santiago
• Poems written by Rizal in Ateneo

  • Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration)
  • El Embarque: Himno a la Flota de Magallanes (The Departure: Hymn to Magellan's Fleet)
  • Y Es Espanol: Elcano, el Primero en dar la Vuelta al Mundo (And He is Spanish: Elcano, the Fist to Circumnavigate the World)
  • El Combate: Urbiztondo, Terror de Jolo (The Battle: Urbiztondo, Terror of Jolo)
  • In Memory of my Town
• Through Education Our Motherland Receives Light


  Education plays in the progress and welfare of a nation