Krishia Mae V.

Villaluna
Ateneo UST Similarities in UST
and Ateneo

1. School
Policies/Mission They place a strong focus on Dominican ran UST. Both UST and
strict discipline, character Ateneo were
development, and religious Favoritism and skin prestigious schools
education. tone are employed as at that time till the
criteria for academic present day.
They pray before and after performance at UST.
class and attend morning
masses.

To compete, students were

urged. Students are split into
groups representing the
Romans and the
Carthaginians.

2. Academic Initially at the bottom of the Even after pursuing a Rizal’s grades in both
journey of Rizal class, Rizal was promoted to medical degree at schools are above
Emperor at the end of the UST, he stayed average and good.
month. committed to Ateneo.

He received top grades in He suffered in UST for

every subject. He started for
receive numerous awards
throughout the years of his
school.
a variety of reasons,
some of which include
his dislike of studying
medicine, the
abundance of
distractions in his
immediate
environment, and the
Dominican teaching
style. It was clear that
they treated Filipinos
unfairly because of
their race.

3. Extra-curricular President of the Academy of Leader of Student He achieved many

Activities of Rizal Spanish Literature.
Secretary of the Academy of
Natural Sciences
Secretary of Marian
Congregation
Activism spectacular works in
both this school.
He made a lot of
notable literary works
in UST.
4. Views of Rizal He received guidance from He had little interest in He knew that
about school the Jesuits regarding the UST because the education could bring
educational system, including Dominican teachers him to greater
guidelines, moral instruction, were hostile toward heights and brighter
and religious instruction. As a him. Discrimination opportunities.
result, he realized the value of was experienced by
education in one's life and, of Filipino students.
course, learned how to stand Additionally, UST's
his own against everyone teaching methodology
who was trying to undermine was antiquated and
him. He also underwent oppressive.
hispanization, which allowed
him to learn Spanish more
thoroughly than Filipino.

5. Relationship with Because of his little He was a college In both schools, Rizal
Classmates knowledge of Spain and his freshman at the time, was mistreated
origin in Calamba, Laguna, relatively new to the unfairly and was
Rizal faced discrimination campus. Along with discriminated by
from both his peers and his new students in many.
academics. The problem was UST, they fostered
complicated by the fact that further prejudice
he enrolled late. against him. But it's
not just that. At the
time, even the
Dominican friars
mistreated him.