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Formal Search for Knowledge at Ateneo Municipal
• Rizal entered Ateneo Municipal when he was 11 years old, four
months after the execution of Gomburza and Doña Teodora still in
prison.
• His father decided not to send him at the Colegio de San Jose
because of the unhappy experience his brother Paciano had in the
said school.
• Rizal didn’t enjoy his summer vacation because his mother was
in prison so Neneng (Saturnina) brought him to Tanauan
• Rizal topped all his classmates in all subjects and won five
medals at the end of the school term.
• In the first place, the said course was what his father wanted
him to pursue. Secondly, his decision to enroll in the said
academic program could also be attributed to his failure to
solicit the advice of Father Ramon Pablo.