CHAPTER 3: EARLY EDUCATION IN CALAMBA & BIÑAN
• The Hero’s First Teacher
• Doña Teodora was Jose’s first non-formal teacher
• On her lap, Jose learned Catholic prayers and the
La@n alphabet at the age of three
PRIVATE TUTORS OF RIZAL
• Maestro Celes@no was Jose’s first private tutor
• Maestro Lucas Padua was the second private
tutor
• Maestro Leon Monroy became the hero’s tutor in
Spanish and La@n. He was a classmate of Don
Francisco.
THE UNCLES OF RIZAL
Uncle Jose Alberto – gave wise direc@on in the studies of
Jose
Uncle Gregorio – ins@lled into the mind of Jose the Jose
Alberto love for educa@on
“Work hard and perform every task very carefully; learn
to be swiW as well as thorough; be independent in
thinking; and make visual pictures of everything.” – Uncle
Gregorio
Uncle Manuel Alberto – seeing Jose was frail in nature,
concerned himself with the physical development of his
nephew
He also taught Jose the love for open air and admira@on
for the beauty of nature
JOSE GOES TO BIÑAN
• Don Leon died five months later and Jose was
sent to a private school in Biñan.
• June 1869 – Jose goes to Biñan with Paciano
• Carromata – the mode of transporta@on
• Aunt’s house – where Jose lodged
FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL
• Maestro Jus@niano Aquino Cruz – formal teacher
• Rizal described Maestro Jus@niano as tall, thin,
long- necked, sharp-nosed, with a body slightly
bent forward
• The school was in Maestro Jus@niano’s house
Rizal’s classmate:
- Pedro (teacher’s son) whose always making fun
of Jose during his conversa@on with the teacher
in the morning.
- Andres Salandan
- Jose Guevarra
FIRST SCHOOL BRAWL
• Pedro (the teacher’s son) – wrestling
• Andres Salandanan – arm wrestling
• PAINTING LESSONS IN BIÑAN
• OLD JUANCHO – a painter who gave free lessons
in pain@ng and sculpture to Rizal and Jose
Guevarra. They became appren@ce of Old
Juancho
HIS DAILY LIFE IN BIÑAN
He led a methodical life in Binan, almost Spartan in
simplicity. Such as life contributed much to his future
development. It strengthen his body and soul. Jose is the
best student in school. And @me came when he learned
all the maestro Jus@niano could teach him, and could be
send in college in Manila. And when he arrived in
Calamba, in his home, they spend their Christmas
together in 1871.
AWer Christmas Don Francisco thought of sending Jose to
Manila to study, but before June came, his mother
arrested because of her sister-in-law. The unfaithful wife
of his brother, Jose Alberto connived with the lieutenant
of the Guardia civil who is also want a revenge to the Rizal
family. They fabricate evidence that Jose Alberto
afempted to poison her, with Dona Teodora as an
accomplice. And Dona Teodora accused, should have
been confine in the Calamba jail.
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Daily Life in Biñan Jose’s daily Rou@ne:
• Hears mass at 4 a.m. or studies lesson before
going to mass
• Goes to orchard to look for mabolo to eat
• Breakfast
• Goes to class at 10 a.m.
• Lunch break
• Goes back to school at 2 p.m.
• Goes home at 5 p.m.
• Prays with cousins
• Studies lessons, then draws a lifle
• Has Supper
• Prays again
• Plays in the street if moon is bright
• Sleeps
BEST STUDENT IN SCHOOL
ñ Jose surpassed his classmates in Spanish, La@n
and other subjects
ñ His older classmates were jealous and squealed
to the teacher whenever he had fights
ñ Jose usually received five or six blows while laid
out on a bench
END OF BIÑAN SCHOOLING
December 17, 1870 - Jose leW Biñan
Talim – the steamer that Jose rode
Arturo Camps – a Frenchman and a friend of Don
Francisco, he took care of Jose during the trip
Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
January 20, 1872 – Cavite mu@ny – On the night of
January 20, 1872, about 200 Filipino soldiers and
workmen of the Cavite Arsenal under the leadership of
La Madrid, Filipino sergeant rose in violent mu@ny
because of the aboli@on of their usual privileges,
including exemp@on from tribute and polo ( forced labor)
by the reac@onary Governor Rafael de Izquierdo.
Unfortunately, this mu@ny was suppressed two days later
by troop reinforcements from Manila.
February 17, 1872 – Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos
and Jacinto Zamora were implicated and executed.
Accordingly, Gom-Bur-Za despite the archbishop’s plea
for clemency because of their innocence, were executed
at sunrise by order of Governor Rafael de Izquierdo. Their
martyrdom was deeply mourned by the Rizal family and
many other patrio@c family in the Philippines ► The
GOMBURZA were leaders of the seculariza@on
movement.
The GOMBURZA
Paciano, enraged by the execu@on of Burgos, his beloved
friend, teacher, and housemate, quit his studies at the
College of San Jose and returned to Calamba, where he
told the heroic story of Burgos to his younger brother
Jose, who was then nearly 11 years old.
The martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za in 1872 truly inspired
Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny and redeem his
oppressed people. Seventeen years later, in his lefer
wrifen in Paris, April 18, 1889, to Mariano Ponce, he
said:
“ Without 1872 there would not be now either a Plaridel
or Jaena, or Sanciangco, nor would there exist brave and
generous Filipino colonies in Europe; without 1872 Rizal
would be a Jesuit now and, instead of wri@ng Noli Me
Tangere, would have wrifen the opposite. At the sight of
those injus@ces and cruel@es while s@ll a child my
imagina@on was awakened and I swore to devote myself
to avenge one day so many vic@ms and with the idea in
mind I have been studying, and this can be read in all my
works and wri@ngs. God will someday give me an
opportunity to carry out a promise.
In 1891, Rizal dedicated his second novel El
Filibusterismo to GOMBURZA.
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Injus:ce to the Hero’s Mother

• In 1872, Doña Teodora was arrested on a

malicious charge that she aided his brother Jose
Alberto in trying to poison his wife.
• Jose Alberto planned to divorce his wife because
of her infidelity
• Jose Alberto’s wife connived with the Spanish
lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and filed a case
against Rizal’s mother
• Antonio Vivencio del Rosario – gobernadorcillo
of Calamba, helped the lieutenant arrest Doña
Teodora
• 50 kilometers – Doña Teodora was made to walk
from Calamba to the provincial prison in Santa
Cruz
• Don Francisco de Marcaida & Don Manuel
Mazano – most famous lawyers of Manila,
defended Doña Teodora in court
• AWer 2 ½ years – the Manila Royal Audiencia
(supreme court) acquifed Doña Teodora
• Later, Rizal learned that her mother got sick in
her cell without proper treatment given. All
these gave Jose Rizal heartaches and
determina@on to avenge the cruel@es his family
had suffered.