GHIST

I.
Political or Religious controversy is rarely a conducive context for an introduction to serious
history. Such a context, nonetheless, provided my own introduction to the study of Philippine
History.
 More on Biases
 Anti-Catholic for the Pilipino
 The church oftentimes, they intervened what should be and what should not be read.

John S. started his essay with the life of Rizal. Because, Jose Rizal said “to foretell the destiny
of a nation it is important to know the story of her past.
 Rizal copied the Sucesos de los Islas or Historical event in the Philippine Island
 Hindi siya masyadong politicized or distorted.
 To rectify or correct the misconception.

Upon going about the narratives of our past and our closest description that of which.
(Antonio de Morga)
 We will be able to judge our present better
 By nurturing our source of origin, we will be able to understand our present and reshape
our future.
 We were already civilized in the past but we were distinct.
 Different but not less
 Spaniards slowdown our development

a. Bipartite
a. Dilim (time) – nagdilim ang Pilipinas nang dumating ang mga Espanyol. (Injustices
and Oppression)
b. Liwanag – matiwasay at maliwanag ang Pilipinas bago dumating ang mga
Espanyol

b. Tripartite

 Maraming historian na tingin sa kasaysayan ng mga Pilipino ay dalawang bahagi lang

 We will be able to assess if the Spaniards fulfill their promise to make this nation better.
 Mas maunlad ang Pilipinas noon kaysa ngayon.
 Going back to the past will help us to critically assess the present to make a better
future
 To look for the changes

Understanding of our past, cultivation of our national identity and inspiration for the future.
Their achievement, however, is not without obstacles.
 Kung tatalakayin natin nang buo sa kung ano ang kwento ng Pilipinas. Magiging
maunlad tayong mga Pilipino.
 We struggle for these nation

We were civilized differently. In terms of technology, Europeans ay mas maunlad.

3 G’s - God, Glory and Gold

Uunlad tayo kahit hindi sila dumating, sapagkat pasulong na tayo.

II.
 Go back and assess what it should be.
 It should be objective
o Because there was were fake document just to create story.
o Magandang pag-aralan ang kasaysayan ng mga Pilipino at isulat ito sa ating
sariling perspektibo. Ngunit may mga manunulat at historian na mga Pilipino
with nationalistic sentiment who write distorted story, the same way colonizer
did.
o Ginagawa nila ang pamemeke ng mga istorya upang maitaas nila ang
pagka-pilipino nila, ito at tinatawag na counterproductive. (kung
nagsinungaling ka na nung una, mahirap nang paniwalaan ang iba mo pang
sasabihin kahit ito ay totoo)
o It puts question on succeeding work.
o Mahalagang pag-aralan ang kasaysayan so that we makes sense back,
present and forward.

Willian Henry - Parchment in the Curtains

 Pinagmumukha tayong masama nang mga Spaniards sa ibang tao.
 We look in the Parchments to know what is happening and the truth.
 They forcing us to work without pay. Kaya nila tayong tinatawag na tamad.
(Inaalipin)
 Indirectly admitting what they are doing to us.
 Walang pinag-aralan. They keep us on ignorant. They did not make things accessible
for us.
 They’re trying to cover up the reality.
 It was not the lack of history. It is the lack of methods.
 May ikwekwento, may intensyong ikwento ngunit walang balangkas, walang
framework, walang mga hakbang at paraan. Gusto nilang magkwento ngunit wala
silang mga paraan at kulang sa sources sapagkat kung kukuha nang impormasyon
na galing sa gobyerno ay ginawa din lang ng mga kastila.
Pedro Paterno
 Biyak na bato
 Forgeries of the Signature po Padre Burgos (GOMBURZA)
 Kahit Pilipino siya, sinasabi niya that Christianity is essential for the Pilipino People. He
write something good but it is bad. Hindi lang kastila ang gumagawa nang masama
sa atin ngunit may mga Pilipinong naninira rin sa atin.
 There was a good intent but it is a lie because nakikipagsabwatan lang sila. It was just
a role play.
 There were so many good stories of us.
 We need to think again and again.
 To write objectivity and with a value neutrality.
 We don’t need to memorize it, just to make sense of it.
 Present history what it really was.
 We should take every information to assess what we know.