Self-assessment Task 2

1. Discuss the teachings of the KKK. Point out some teachings that you find useful and helpful in
your daily life.
Because of his admiration to the literary writings of Emilio Jacinto, Andres Bonifacio adopted
Jacinto's Kartilya as the official teachings of Katipunan. The Kartilya indicates the values and
principles that the members of the organization must abide. Below are the teachings of
Katipunan written by Emilio Jacinto.
1. A life that is not dedicated to a noble cause is like a tree without a shade or a poisonous weed.
2. A deed lacks nobility if it is motivated by self-interest and not by a sincere desire to help.
3. True piety consists of being charitable, loving one’s fellow men, and being judicious in
behavior, speech and deed.
4. All persons are equal, regardless of the color of their skin. While one could have more
schooling, wealth, or beauty than another, all that does not make one more human than anybody
else.
5. A person with a noble character values honor above self-interest, while a person with a base
character values self-interest above honor.
6. To a person of honor, his/her word is a pledge.
7. Don’t waste time; lost wealth can be retrieved, but time lost is lost forever.
8. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.
9. The wise person is careful in all he/she has to say and is discreet about things that need to be
kept secret./ An intelligent man is he who is cautious in speech and knows how to keep the
secrets that must be guarded.
10. In the thorny path of life, the man leads the way and his wife and children follow. If the
leader goes the way to perdition, so do the followers.
11. Never regard a woman as an object for you to trifle with; rather you should consider her as a
partner and helpmate. Give proper consideration to a woman’s frailty and never forget that your
own mother, who brought you forth and nurtured you from infancy, is herself such a person.
12. Don’t do to the wife, children, brothers, and sisters of others what you do not want done to
your wife, children, brothers, and sisters.
13. A man’s worth is not measured by his station in life, neither by the height of his nose nor the
fairness of skin, and certainly not by whether he is a priest claiming to be God’s deputy. Even if
he a tribesman from the hills and speaks only his tongue, a man has fine perceptions and is loyal
to his native land.
14. When these teachings shall have been propagated and the glorious sun of freedom begins to
shine on these poor Islands to enlighten a united race and people, then all the lives lost, all the
struggle and the sacrifices will not have been in vain.
The teachings of KKK are very useful particularly during Spaniards era, where in these teachings
are applicable also and be seen during this day. One teaching that got my attention is in the
number four where it states that all persons are equal, regardless of the color of their skin. While
one could have more schooling, wealth, or beauty than another, all that does not make one more
human than anybody. It is very useful in our life because it teaches us to have equality regardless
of what social status you have, what color do your skin have, the level of income you have, it
teaches us to be more human that have concerned to others that we should have humanity. That
we are all equal in this world. At the end of the day, the air you breath, the view that you will
see, the food you eat and the water you drink are all the same to what others breath, see, ate, and
sense. There is no room for discrimination.

B. Make a chart comparing the Reform Movement and the Katipunan.

Reform Movement Katipunan Movement

Nature  reform and national  They follow masonic

consciousness
movement that arose
among young Filipino
expatriates in the late
19th century.
 It operated as an
 Had its own
rites and principles to
organize armed
resistance and terrorist
assassinations within a
context of total
secrecy.
alternative Filipino
government complete
with a president and
cabinet. When Andres
Bonifacio assumed
control over the
organization, it
became much more
aggressive.
publication, Kalayaan
(Freedom) which
issued its first and last
 printing in March
1896.

Aims Assimilation Independence

1. Expose the abuse and 1. Unite Filipinos into one

unjust treatment of the
Spanish colonizers
particularly the friars and
guardia civil
2. Make the Philippines a
province of Spain in a
peaceful manner
solid nation
2. Fight for Philippine
independence from Spanish
colonizers
3. To establish a republic after
independence

Methods Their crusade for reforms is Armed conflict or revolution

done through the use of pen
and tongue
a. La Solidaridad

b. La Liga Filipina

Result The movement failed because The Katipunan movement

of : was exposed

a. the reformists didn’t have

sufficient means and support
from the public

b. Lack of funds made La

Solidaridad stop their
publications.

Conclusion:

These two movements are considered the turning point of all the Filipinos to awaken the
spirit of nationalism. This inspired our fellow Filipino to stand on their own regardless of the
failure happen to these two movements. They able to build up the unity of every Filipino to
achieve the freedom that we are enjoying right now.