Assessment 4:

1. With regards to your unforgettable experience/s, during your school years, describe that
experience/s to you as an individual. Had the experience/s brought out the best in you in
collaborating with other people?

Meeting new people and new environment in college gave me anxiety and pressure but
when I collaborate with my classmates, I feel comfort and that moment I knew that I am
not alone.

2. Among the countries visited by Rizal, which of these countries had significant effect to
Rizal? Write a short reflection.

- For me it was when in Madrid, Spain. He enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid,
in Medicine and Philosophy and Letters. He also studied painting and sculpture in the
Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, took tutoring lessons in French, German and
English and practiced fencing and sharpshooting in the Hall of Arms of Sanz y Carbonell.
He learned how to spend his money wisely and his leisure time learning many things.
He’s practical that he preferred to do the most important things and most importantly was
poverty and hunger does not make him stop on pursuing his goals and that should be
anyone’s mindset. Don’t let poverty stop you from reaching your dreams.

3. Which do you think has more influence in an individual’s adult life, the nature or the
nurture? Defend your answer.

Nurture because I believe that as a young, you have a natural talent but you didn’t start
from being so good at it. Nurturing it as you’re getting older will help you to make the
best out of it. If you are not performing well when you’re still a kid, time will come that
you will bloom because you nurture what you have before.

4. Do you think Rizal has a very good relationship with other propagandists or he just used
them achieve his goals? Defend your answer.

I think Rizal has a very good relationship with other propagandists because he was very
inspired by them and also he shared for their victories and grievance. I also believed that
he don’t used them just to achieved his goals because that’s what supposed to be, sharing
knowledge with peers and help each other to achieve goals.

Assessment 5:

1. What do you think is the most significant factor that led to Rizal’s execution? Explain.

I think the most significant factor that led to Rizal’s execution was when Lieutenant
Enrique de Alcocer and showed that Rizal’s writings were designed to incite anti-friar,
anti-Spanish and separatist sentiments. He also accused Rizal as the “soul of the
 rebellion, a dedicated agitator of the native masses” and asked for the death penalty to be
imposed on Rizal. I think because of that, the suspicion against Rizal got stronger as
Spaniards see him as a threat.

2. In our present situation where the inequality and discrimination are very rampant, do you
think Rizal’s actions are still applicable? Why?

For me Rizal’s actions are still applicable. Blatantly revealing about inequality and
discrimination through writing so our fellow Filipinos get informed how bad it is and
how it affects people’s life. Like how powerful a novel of Rizal is that it has started a
revolution that leads to our country’s freedom. True that pen is mightier than the sword
that’s why I believe that it can still apply these days so it can serves as an eye opener.

3. Would you agree that Rizal’s execution sparked the end of Spanish colonial rule and led
to Philippine revolution? Defend your answer.

Yes, because Rizal’s execution angers Filipinos that they craved more for our freedom.
Rizal’s death served as a trigger for them that they are holding for so long. Spaniards
killed Rizal because he go against them and they saw him as a traitor and Filipinos did
not waste the braveness of Rizal to lead them to achieved our freedom.

Assessment 6:

1. Cite other ideas of Rizal on how to rewrite Philippine history. Please specify.

20 May 2019 LONDON—The Philippine Embassy in London marks the launch of Sentro
Rizal London with an exhibition on Filipino reformist Jose Rizal’s ten-month visit in
London. The exhibit, To Retrieve What Has Been Lost: Rizal as a Historian, opens to the
public from 27 May to 25 June 2019 at the Exhibition Hall of the chancery. This
pioneering exhibition is a collaboration between Sentro Rizal London, the National
Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and Project Saysay.

The exhibition explores Jose Rizal’s stay in the English capital to rewrite the history of
the Philippines and the Filipino people. After securing permission to work and study at
the British Library, Rizal poured over Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
(Events in the Philippine Islands), which he had first heard of when he was still in the
Philippines. Rizal studied and copied de Morga’s book verbatim. He also annotated
extensive passages of the book to correct de Morga’s misconceptions about the
Philippines and the Filipinos.

Apart from de Morga’s book, Rizal also studied and read other books in the British
library on the Philippines. It was during the course of his undertaking that Rizal began to
conceive the idea of a truly national Filipino identity.
 “Through this exhibition, we hope to inspire second generation Filipino-Britons and
Filipino-Irish to reconnect with their Filipino roots and to rediscover their Filipino
heritage,” said Ambassador Antonio M. Lagdameo.

Research and the development of the exhibition panels was undertaken by Project
Saysay, a Philippine-based volunteer-led organisation that aims to spread the ideals and
values of great Filipinos. Last year, Project Saysay, together with Ibarra Watches,
distributed posters bearing the words of Filipino heroes to all Sentros Rizal around the
world.

To Retrieve What Has Been Lost: Rizal as a Historian is the first exhibition mounted by
the Philippine Embassy under the Sentro Rizal programme.

Event Details:

Event Type: Exhibition

Exhibition dates: 27 May to 25 June 2019 (Monday to Friday), 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Exhibition Hall, Sentro Rizal London, 10 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4HG
Admission: FREE
Organiser: Sentro Rizal London, Project Saysay
Contact Person: Stacy Danika Alcantara-Garcia (stacy.alcantara@dfa.gov.ph)

2. Compare and contrast Rizal and Morga’s different view about Filipinos and Philippine
culture.

Rizal’s annotation is Philippines was not deserted and was actually habitable but Morga’s
Sucesos tell otherwise. Morga’s Sucesos view about Filipino foods like beef and fish is
best when it started to rots and stink which Spaniards and other nations find it disgusting.
The fish that Morga has mentioned is what we call bagoong or salted and fermented fish.