GOROSPE, Tanya J.

BSIT 3E

August 18, 2016

SOCSCI

ANG BATAS RIZAL

Ang Batas Republika 1425 na mas kilala sa tawag na Batas Rizal ay
pinangunahan ng dating pinuno ng Pambansang Kapulungan ng Edukasyon na si Sen.
Jose P. Laurel. Bago ito mapagtibay noong Hunyo 12, 1956, dumaan ang batas na ito
sa mga umaatikabong debate sa loob ng Senado at Kongreso. Tinawag itong House Bill
5561 sa kongreso na pinangunahan ni Cong. Jacobo Gonzales at tinawag naman itong
Senate Bill 438 sa Senado na pinangunahan naman ni Sen. Claro M. Recto. Hindi
makakapagtaka na sila ang mga pinunong nagtaguyod sa batas na ito, dahil kung
babalikan ang kasaysayan, malinaw na may marubdob na pagmamahal sa bayan ang
dalawang ito. Si Gonzales ay nakipaglaban upang mapalaya ang kanyang mga
kababayang sakdalista at si Recto naman ay malinaw na ipinaglaban ang soberanya ng
Pilipinas labas sa Estados Unidos.
RIZAL: INSPIRASYON NG BAGONG HENERASYON:
Ang pangunahing layunin ng mga mga nagtaguyod sa batas na ito ay muling pagalabin ang diwa ng nasyonalismo sa mga susunod na henerasyon ng mga Pilipino sa
pamamagitan ng pagsama sa kurikulum ng lahat ng paaralan, pampubliko man o
pribado ang kurso sa pag-aaral ng buhay, mga ginawa at isinulat ni Jose Rizal,
partikular na ang kanyang dalawang nobela na Noli Me Tangere at El Filibusterismo.
Naniniwala sila na si Rizal ay maaaring magsilbing inspirasyon sa atin, lalo na sa mga
kabataan. Bukod dito, layunin din ng batas na ito na parangalan si Rizal at ang iba pa
nating mga bayani sa lahat ng kanilang mga ginawa para sa bayan.
BATAS RIZAL: KAPARIS NG RH BILL:
Katulad ng RH Bill, hindi naging madali ang pagpasa ng batas na ito dahil sa
malakas na pagtutol ng Simbahang Katoliko. Naniniwala ang simbahan at ang mga
mambabatas na pumanig sa kanila na ang dalawang nobela ni Rizal ay naglalaman ng
mga pahayag na laban sa simbahan. Ayon sa kanila, ang sinumang makabasa ng Noli
Me Tangere at El Filibusterismo ay maaaring mawalan ng pananampalataya o
sumalungat sa mga itinuturo ng simbahan.Ibat ibang taktika ang ginamit nila upang
takutin ang mga nagtataguyod sa batas na ito. Nariyang magsasara daw ang lahat ng
paaaralang pag-aari ng simbahan sa oras na maipatupad ito at hindi daw makakaasa
ng suporta mula sa mga katoliko ang mga nagtaguyod nito sa mga susunod na halalan.
Ngunit kaparis ng RH Bill, naipatupad ang Batas Rizal sa kabila ng malakas na pagtutol
ng simbahan
BATAS RIZAL: SA NAKARAANG 50 TAON:

Limang dekada na ang nakalipas mula ng maipatupad ang Batas Rizal. Ngunit
nakatulong nga ba ang pag-aaral ng buhay, mga ginawa at isinulat ni Jose Rizal upang
makamit ang mga adhikain ng mga nagtaguyod sa batas na ito? Sa mababaw na
pagtingin, masasabi nating naging matagumpay ito, dahil sa halos lahat ng plaza sa
ating bansa ay may bantayog si Rizal. Kilala siya ng lahat ng mga Pilipino bilang ating
pambansang bayani. Madalas din nating gamitin ang mga salitang iniwan niya, katulad
ng walang-kamatayang ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan.
Ngunit sa mas malalim na pagtasa, masasabi nating naging matagumpay lamang
ang batas na ito na gawing pambansang simbolo si Rizal, na halos walang pinagkaiba
sa kalabaw at sampaguita. Ngunit sa puso ng maraming Pilipino, diwang busabos pa rin
ang naghahari. Sa katunayan wikang banyaga pa nga ang karaniwang gamit natin sa
pagkuha ng kursong ito dahil ito ang nakasaad sa batas. Hindi ko nauunawaan ang
lohika sa likod nito (para kaya hindi ito lubusang maunawaan ng karaniwan tao?).
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FACTS ABOUT RIZAL

At age two, Jose Rizal could already write and read. He wrote his first poem at
the age of 8 entitled Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow Youth).
Just like other Filipinos who are eagerly trying their luck to win the lottery, Rizal
also joined such type of gambling where he won one-third of the grand prize (Php
18,000.00) with ticket number 9736. He gave a portion to his father, a friend in
Hong Kong and he spent the rest buying agricultural lands in Talisay.
He mastered 22 languages: Hebrew, Filipino, Ilokano, Bisayan, Subanon,
Chinese, Latin, Spanish, Greek, English, French, German, Arabic, Malay,
Sanskrit, Dutch, Japanese, Catalan, Italian, Portugese, Swedish and Russian.
Rizal was too small for his age and made him a target of Pedros bullying,
insulting Pepe in front of the other students at the school of Maestro Justiniano
Cruz. Equipped with his Uncle Miguels teachings about the art of wrestling, Rizal
challenged Pedro to a fistfight. Rizal won and became popular as he proved
himself a worthy opponent.
Rizal could show too much sarcasm because of his love for his country. Why and
how? Back in Dapitan when he received three visitors in his house in Talisay, he
offered the woman named Donya Manuela with Bagoong. The lady ignored the
bagoong saying that they do not eat bagoong in their country because it contains
worms. With that, Rizal responded saying that he had been in her country and
people there eat little birds without taking out intestines.
During his exile in Dapitan, he was able to establish a school where he had 21
pupils who were never asked to pay for tuition but was required by Rizal to work

for the community. During the class discussion, when his students couldnt
answer his questions correctly, he would jokingly pinch his students.
7. Rizal is one of the few recognized Renaissance man in the world. A
Renaissance man is a well-educated person and one who excels in a wide
variety of subjects or fields. He was an anthropologist, ethnologist, economist,
sociologist, educator, architect, engineer, sculptor, painter, playwright, novelist,
historian, journalist, farmer, dramatist, ophthalmologist, martial artist, and a
cartographer, among other things.
8. Three animal species were named after Rizal; Draco Rizali, a species of flying
dragon, Rachophorous Rizali, a species of toad and Apogonia Rizali, a beetle
species.
9. Jose Rizal graduated in Ateneo Municipal de Manila as one of the nine students
in his class declared as sobresaliente or outstanding. However, he didnt really
top his class when he was in high school. They were 10 in class and only 2 of
them got low grades. So basically, the rest earned the same grade Rizal did.
10. Considering that he lived during the latter part of the 19th century where the only
means of long distance travel is by ship, he can be considered a very well
traveled man. He traveled extensively and had been to the United States, Spain,
Great Britain, France, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic,
Italy, Singapore, Borneo, Hong Kong, China and Japan. Not even a millionaire
today could afford the numerous and extensive travels of Jose Rizal during his
time.
11. Rizals most famous quotation: Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika, daig pa
ang hayop at malansang isda. (He who does not love his own language is worse
than an animal and smelly fish).
12. Monuments in honor of Jose Rizal were not only erected in the Philippines but
also in various parts of the world like Madrid, Spain; Wilhelmsfeld, Germany;
Jinjiang, Fujian, China; Chicago, Cherry Hill Township, San Diego, Seattle,
U.S.A.; Mexico City, Mexico; Lima, Peru; Litomerice, Czech Republic; and
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
13. Did you know that Rizal was addressed by his European lover as the little bad
boy? Filipinos are truly honest with themselves saying Rizal was not that
handsome and given the fact he was a man of medium height and small built.
However, Jose Rizal had his way with women it might be his humor, knowledge
or the way he present himself. On the series of letters that were discovered to be
love messages for Rizal, a Belgian woman named Suzanne wrote: There will

never be any home in which you are so loved as that in Brussels. So, you little
bad boy, hurry back.
14. (Partly related with Fact #13) There are rumors that Rizal was a playboy having a
lot of girls mentioned in his autobiography and until now many believe that he
really had a lot of girlfriends but the truth is that he only had few real
relationships. The other girls were all just flings. and some were just plain friends.
15. His poem Mi Retiro (My Retreat) was written when he was sick and could not
work.
16. A religious sect named the Rizalista members of Cruzado, claims that Jose
Rizal is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. They believe that the execution in
Bagumbayan was just a phase that he had to endure to be in the presence of
God. They also believe that Rizal is still alive and lives deep in the forest of
Mount Makiling.
17. There are rumors that Rizals book entitled El FIlibusterismo was inspired by
Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo considering that it was
actually one of Rizals favorite stories.
18. Quite unusual for a man about to be executed, but his pulse proved to be normal
when the Spanish surgeon general requested to take his pulse moments before
Rizals execution. Rizal was indeed ready and unafraid of his fate.
19. Because of his famed reputation as a Casanova, it was believed that he was
involved with a beautiful woman living somewhere in the border of Germany and
Austria making people spread statements that Adolf Hitler of Germany and Mao
Zedong of China were sons of Jose Rizal.
20. The dam he built in Dapitan was built using burned shells and bricks that were
made from the machine he built. In his letter to his best friend, he said that the
dam was built by him and fourteen young boys (his students).
21. Filipinos believe that the reason why Rizal was really intelligent is because he
was born with a big head.
22. Ambeth R. Ocampo, a multi-awarded Filipino historian, got a hold of Rizals
original writings which revealed Rizals markings and side notes of male organ of
different sizes that were drawn all over the book.
23. Rizal was never really a licensed doctor. He never graduated medicine.
Technically, he couldnt really be called Doctor.
24. Rizal was never really a dentist. He just did some self-studying and pretended to
be one.

25. When Rizal came back, Olimpia, his most beautiful, pregnant sister, was his first

patient. He assisted her delivery. Olimpia died as well as her child due to
profused bleeding. And Rizal noted in his diary: She wouldve died anyway
(Well, that might be a pain reliever joke of him).