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showed inclinations to be an artist. He astounded his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and sketches and by his moldings of clay.
At the age of 8, Rizal wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa Aking Mga
at home. The first was Maestro Celestino and the second, Maestro Lucas Padua.
Later, an old man named Leon Monroy, a former classmate
of Rizals father became his tutor. This teacher lived at the Rizal home and instructed Rizal in Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he did not live long. He died five months later.
After Monroys death, Rizals parents decided to send their
Aquino Cruz.
Rizal met the bully, Pedro. Rizal, who was angry at this bully
for making fun of him during his conversation with the teacher, challenged Pedro to a fight. Rizal having learned the art of wrestling from his athletic Tio Manuel, defeated the bigger boy.
After class, a classmate named Andres Salandanan
challenged him to an arm-wrestling match. Rizal having the weaker arm, lost and nearly cracked his head on the sidewalk.
wickedly squealed to the teacher whenever Rizal had a fight outside the school, and even told lies to discredit him before the teachers eyes. Consequently the teacher had to punish Rizal.
He received many whippings and strokes from the ferule.
Rare was the day when he was not stretched on the bench for a whipping or punished with five or six blows on the open palm.
Education in Manila
Ateneo Municipal de Manila
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877
at the age of 16
Graduated as one of the nine
Light and The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education which showed the importance of religion in education.
Mi Primera Inspiracion
Why falls so rich a spray of fragrance from the bowers of the balmy flowers upon this festive day? Why from woods and vales do we hear sweet measures ringing that seem to be the singing of a choir of nightingales? Why in the grass below do birds start at the wind's noises, unleashing their honeyed voices as they hop from bough to bough? Why should the spring that glows its crystalline murmur be tuning to the zephyr's mellow crooning as among the flowers it flows? Why seems to me more endearing, more fair than on other days, the dawn's enchanting face among red clouds appearing? The reason, dear mother, is they feast your day of bloom: the rose with its perfume, the bird with its harmonies. And the spring that rings with laughter upon this joyful day with its murmur seems to say: "Live happily ever after! And from that spring in the grove now turn to hear the first note that from my lute I emote to the impulse of my love!
Education in Manila
University of Santo Tomas Studied Philosophy and
specializing in Ophthalmology when he found out that his mother was going blind
(2) the Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards
(3) the method of instruction was obsolete and repressive
After finishing the fourth year of his medical course, Rizal decided to study in Spain . He could no longer endure the rampant bigotry, discrimination, and the hostility in the University of Santo Tomas.