RIZAL LAW

Before taking this course, I've never encountered nor got an idea about the Republic Act 1425
or also known as the Rizal Law. Thanks to this course that I got the chance to know and have an
understanding of such law. I think that this law is very beneficial especially in lifting our maka-
Pilipino spirits and to remind us to look back and give honor to our national hero, Jose Rizal.

I know that its a bit boring when we talk about history, with so many dates, names and events
that are hard to remember since we haven't met or experience such person or event. On the
other side, I believe that this law made it interesting as it added the novels, other works and the
story of life of Rizal as these topics has hidden meanings of their creation, its relation to the
society (before, today and in the future), and the story of the man with a great mind to express
his thoughts and fight for our nationality through his writings until his death. The objective is to
instill the knowledge about patriotism as much as possible and they believed that it should start
with the youth through education. For me, this is a good implementation since most of the
children in today’s generation are so fascinated with the trend from abroad that they forget to
appreciate the wonderful things that can be found in our country.

As a student, this law made me want to go the extra mile in learning about history. I am always
fascinated with everything that happened in the past and this gave way for me to understand
more the value of independence and how the heroes strongly fought for it. I have to accept and
realize that this is already a part of who I am and it is my untold obligation to study, reflect and
apply all the lessons from Rizal’s life and his works. This law will never be ineffective contrary to
what other scholars believed. It is because its intention is to teach us everything which took
place in the past. In a world dominated by technology and breakthroughs in Science, it helps us
to stay firm on our foundation as Filipinos. It intends to awaken the patriotism and pushes us to
apply the principles of Rizal especially in the recent problems that we are facing today. It is not
about the basic information of him which can be searched easily in the Internet, but it is more
of a deeper connection and understanding of what he fought against all his life. For me, this is
not just a waste of time and money because this is implemented for a valuable reason and
purpose and it is meant to be understood by all the students like me who are still in the process
of cultivating the persona that I want to be in the future. Imagine his peaceful means of reform
which must make us realize that we can still fight for whatever we believe without violence.
This law serves as an avenue to understand the vision of Rizal for the Philippines.