Reflection Paper on Rizal Law

Based on the Philippines’ vibrant history, the Filipinos are well-known throughout the world with their
sense of nationalism. Since the Spanish era until the latest People Power, the Filipinos had generously
expressed their ideals of their own love of freedom of their country. This certain noble love that we,
Filipinos, are proud of should always be remembered and practiced, and therefore should be taught to
the younger generations. For this reason, the Republic Act 1425, or popularly known as the Rizal Law,
was implemented by the State. The Rizal Law states that all public and private schools, colleges, and
universities in the country must include in their curricula, courses or subject about the life, works and,
writings of Dr. Jose Rizal, particularly the novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. In this law, the
honor of the Filipinos’ nationalism, particularly our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, is met with special
fondness and devotion by the younger generations during their formal education. The works of Dr. Jose
Rizal, especially the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, are excellent inspiring sources of nationalism
or patriotism in which the Filipino youths should also recognize and put into practice. Since also in
school, the minds of these youths are carefully molded with proper knowledge and discipline.

One benefit may be learning and understanding the country’s national hero and realize why he earned
the said title. By learning all these, we are also able to learn the sacrifices and hardships our fellow
Filipinos had to endure during the Spanish colonization. Moreover, while studying Rizal’s life and
compositions, the readers obtain greater knowledge on that certain part of the country’s history.
Studying Rizal’s life and works can also help us understand the causes of modern political and social
problems and why they are still present and why it never really went away. By reading and
understanding Rizal’s works, we may be able to find concrete solutions to alleviate our county’s illness.
In addition to that, by perusing it, we are able to view Rizal as someone more human, someone who
experienced some events that ordinary people also experience.