Name: Kimberly M.

Loquias
Year: First Year
Degree: BS in Medical Technology

Life and Works of Rizal

1. What is the mission and vision of Mt. Carmel College.

Mission
Is committed to provide an academic-formation service program geared to enable
students to acquire knowledge, skills and values relevant and adapted to the changing
needs of diverse societies in the world.
Vision
Is an institution with a student-centered and value-driven teaching/learning
environment ensuring the student’s appropriate place in the global community.

2. Why Rizal’s Life and Works is included in your curriculum as subject?

 Learning about the life of Jose Rizal is essential to anyone who has ever
experienced colonialism and how the imperialist country that dominates the
colony exerts rules and regulations that are not always fair. 

3. What are the importance of studying Rizal?

 The following are just some of the significance of the academic subject.
1. The subjects provides insights into how to deal with current problems.
- The Jose Rizal course, as a history subject, is full of historical information from
which one could base his decisions in life. In various ways, the subject, for instance,
teaches that being educated is a vital ingredient for a person or country to be really
free and successful.

2. It helps us understand better ourselves as Filipinos.

- The life of a very important national historical figure like Jose Rizal contributes
much to shedding light on our collective experience and identity as Filipino.

3. It teaches nationalism and patriotism.

- Jose Rizal’s life, works, and writings especially his novels essentially, if not
perfectly, radiate these traits. For one thing, the subject helps us to understand our
country better.

4. It provides various essential life lessons.

- We can learn much from the way Rizal faced various challenges in life. As a
controversial figure in his time, he encountered serious dilemmas and predicaments
but responded decently and high-mindedly.

5. It helps in developing logical and critical thinking.

- Jose Rizal unsurprisingly demonstrated his critical thinking skills in his
argumentative essays, satires, novels, speeches, and written debates.

6. Rizal can serve as a worthwhile model and inspiration to every Filipino.

- If one is looking for someone to imitate, then Rizal is a very viable choice. The
hero’s philosophies, life principles, convictions, thoughts, ideals, aspirations, and
dreams are a good influence to anyone.
7. The subject is a rich source of entertaining narratives.
- People love fictions and are even willing to spend for books or movie tickets
just to be entertained by made-up tales. But only a few perhaps know that Rizal’s life
is full of fascinating non-fictional accounts.

References:

https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-relevance-studying-life-jose-rizal-
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Rizal’s Book