Rizal's educational
experience Early schooling
at the traditional village
school Studies at the Ateneo
and UST
JOSE RIZAL'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Educational Experiences
The Hero’s First Teacher
The first teacher of Rizal was his mother. He learned
the alphabet and prayers at the age of three. As a
tutor, Doña Teodora was patient, conscientious and
understanding. She first discovered that her son had
a talent for poetry. She encouraged him to write
poems.
Rizal Moves to Biñan
• Sunday afternoon of June 1869, Rizal left
Calamba to move in Biñan.
• Paciano accompanied Rizal in his trip on
board a carromata.
• Their travel lasted for one and a half hour.
Then proceed to their Aunt’s house, where
Rizal was to lodge. Calamba Biñan
First Day at the Village School
• He was accompanied again by Paciano to the
village school under the charge of Maestro
Justiniano Cruz, Paciano’s teacher during his
elementary school days.
•Pedro – son of Maestro Cruz • Laughed at Rizal
because of his response to the Maestro’s question.
•In succeeding days he had other fights with the
boys of Binan. He was not quarrelsome by nature,
but he never ran away from fight.
Academic Studies at the Village School
• Even at this level of education, Rizal was
able to demonstrate his intellectual
superiority– the best in his class in Latin,
Spanish, and the rest of the subjects.
• Because of this, he was the object of
jealousy by his classmates; and thus was
made to look bad in front of the maestro
and was punished.
Academic Instruction at the Village School
He
did not enjoy his schooling at the village school, under Maestro Justiniano
Cruz. He did not even like his teacher, who he described as a tall man with a long
neck and a sharp nose and a body bent slightly forward.
But though he did not like him, he considered him an expert in Latin and Spanish
grammars. One thing he hated from him was his use of corporal punishment in
making the pupils learn the lesson for the day (he considered it barbarous). He
highlight his hatred for that type of instruction in his Noli me Tangere. For him
(Ibarra), a school has to be a playground of the mind and not a torture chamber.
Life at Biñan He had a very systematic and disciplined life
End of Schooling at the Village School He then returned to Calamba after
receiving a letter from his sister Saturnina.
SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877)
• Jose was sent to Manila four months after the
martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za and with Dona Teodora still
in prison. He studiedin the Ateneo Municipal,, a college
under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits
• Bitter rival of the Dominican-owned College of San
Juan de Letran
• Formerly the Escuela Pia(Charity School)- for poor
boys in Manila established in 1817
• In 1859- name was changed to Ateneo Municipaly the
Jesuits and later became the Ateneo de Manila
RIZAL ENTERS AT ATENEO
• June 10, 1872- Jose, accompanied by Paciano, went to Manila to
take the entrance examinations on Christian Doctrine, arithmetic,
and reading at the College of San Juan de Letran, and passed
them.
• His father was the first one who wished him to study at Letran but
he changed his mind and decided to send Jose at Ateneo instead
• Father Magin Ferrando, college registrar of Ateneo Municipal,
refused to admit Jose because:
• He was late for registration and;
• He was sickly and undersized for his age (11 years old)
• He was sickly and undersized for his age (11 years old)
• Upon the intercession of Manuel Xeres Burgos, nephew
of Father Burgos, he was admitted at Ateneo.
• Jose adopted the surname Rizal´ at the Ateneo because
their family name Mercado´ had come under suspicion of
the Spanish authorities.
• Ateneo was located in Intramuros, within the walls of
Manila. He boarded in a house on Caraballo Street, 25
min walk fromthe college. The boarding house was
owned by Titay, who owd Rizal family P300. Jose
boarded there to collect part of the debt
JESUITS SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
• Jesuits trained the character of the student
by rigid discipline, humanities and religious
instruction. They heard Mass early in the
morning before the beginning of daily class.
Classes were opened and closed with prayers
Students were divided into two groups:
Carthaginian Empire
Each empire had its rank. Students fought
for positions, with 3 mistakes, opponents
position could lose his position.
1st Best: Emperor 2nd Best: Tribune 3rd
Best: Decurion 4th Best: Centurion 5th
Best: Standard - Bearer
RIZAL’S FIRTST YEAR IN ATENEO (1872-1873)
• Rizal’s first professor in Ateneo was Fr. Jose Bech.
• Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class since
he was a newcomer and knows little Spanish.
• He was an externo (Carthaginians), occupying the
end of the line. But at the end of the month, he
become emperor´ of his Empire.
• He 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 payingthree pesos for those extra lessons.
Summer Vacation (1873)
• Rizal didn’t enjoy his summer because his
mother was in prison so Neneng(Saturnina)
brought him to Tanawan.
• But 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.
SECOND YEAR IN ATENEO (1873- 1874)
• At the end of the school year, Rizal received excellent
grades in all subjects and a gold medal
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas- the
first favorite novel of Rizal which made a deep
impression on him
• Universal History by Cesar Cantu- Rizal persuaded
his father to buy him this set of historical work that was
a great aid in his studies
• Dr. Feodor Jagor- a German scientist-traveler who
visited the Philippines in 1859-1860 who wrote Travels
in the Philippines
THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO (1874-1875)
•Rizal grades remained excellent in all
subjects but he won only one medal—in
Latin
• At the end of the school year (March
1875), Rizal returned to Calamba for the
summer vacation. He himself was not
impressed by his scholastic work.
END OF PRESENTATION.
