Name: Alyssa Dominique C.

Valdevieso
Name of Professor: Mrs. Golda S. Sierra Date: September 30, 2022
Course/Year: BSCE-4C Score:

Activity 3
Abstraction
By answering the following questions, write a reflection paper on the significant
contributions of Rizal to the cause of human rights in his defence to the rights of the Filipinos to
quality education.

1. In Rizal’s Letter to Blumentritt he wrote:

“We are struggling for a rights, the rights for humanity, and if there is a God, He will
have to help us…Spain cannot justify even in the name of God Himself that six million Filipinos
be brutalized, exploited, oppressed, denying them rights and afterwards heap upon them
contempt and insult.”
How do you think Filipinos can benefit from Rizal’s ideals?
Rizal, as an individual is indeed inspiring. In his pursuit for
knowledge and with his goal in freeing his oppressed fellowmen, he set
aside his personal inhibitions and put forth the betterment of the country. He
is an example of a truly nationalist figure, as his name was able to reach
above the number of Filipinos he intended to free from. Through Rizal’s
ideals, many other individuals were driven to do as he did-protect and fight
against the injustice and the brutality present even in today’s time.
.

2. Education was the primordial concern of Jose Rizal. It had been his lifelong concern in
the preparation for the attainment of independence. John Schumacher aptly puts it:
“Education is the key to understanding much of Rizal’s career, for his whole career was bound up
with education – his own education and the education of his people.”
How do you think is history shaping Philippines education today?

I believe that in the present, multiple people still strive for the
development of quality education. Rizal is an example of how one’s
education could enlighten one’s mind and eventually, with great courage,
lead to massive changes in the community. Multiple people, with enough
dedication are able to achieve their lifelong goals, and education may be an
aspect that greatly aided them in their endeavors.
Name: Alyssa Dominique C. Valdevieso
Name of Professor: Mrs. Golda S. Sierra Date: September 30, 2022
Course/Year: BSCE-4C Score:

Self- Assessment

A. Matching: Match the items in Column A with those in Column B. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the blank before the number.

Column A Column B
___n___ 1. The full date of José Rizal’s
150th birth anniversary. a. Gov. Gen. Narciso Claveria
___l___ 2. The only Rizal among the b. Concepcion/ Concha
Mercados. c. Manuel
___f___ 3. Rizal’s biographer who d. Calamba
regarded him as “The First e. Teodora Alonso
Filipino.” f. Leon Ma. Guerrero
___a___ 4. The Governor General who g. Paciano
gave the people a list of h. Morong
Spanish surnames they could i. Dominican friars/priests
use. j. Historia Sagrado
___b___ 5. . José’s sister who died at the k. Señora
age of three. l. Jose
___c___ 6. José’s uncle who taught him m. Sta. Cruz
athletics and fitness exercises. n. June 19, 2011
___d __ 7. The town that inspired the o. Inquilino
young José.
___e___ 8.
José’s first teacher.
___g___ 9.
The only brother of José Rizal.
___h.___ 10. The former name of the
province of Rizal.
____i. __ 11. The owners of the lands tilled
by the Calamba townsfolk.
___j___ 12. The Spanish family bible read
by the Mercados.
___k.___ 13. A term used by the younger
Mercado children in
addressing their older sisters.
___m___ 14. The town in which Doña
Teodora imprisoned.
__ o __ 15. Spanish term for a talented
farmer.
B. Identification. Write on the blank the letter of the word or phrase that best fits the given
statement.

Medicine 1. The course Rizal’s father wanted him to pursue at UST.

7th 2. José’s birth order among the Mercado siblings.

Titay 3. Owner of the house Rizal boarded outside Intramuros.

Ateneo Municipal 4. The school on which he took the entrance examinations on

Christian doctrine, arithmetic, and reading.

Insulares 5. They were the Philippine-born Spaniards.

Fr. Jose Bech 6. Rizal’s first professor in Ateneo.

The Story of the Moth 7. The story that fascinated the young José and left remarkable
lesson to him.

Fr. Ramon Pablo 8. Rector of Ateneo who advised Rizal to enroll in medicine.

Ricial 9. The basis of the surname “Rizal” that means green field.

Land Surveyor 10. Rizal also took up a vocational course in Ateneo during his first
school term in the UST.

Central University of Madrid 11. School where he graduated in 1884 with a degree in
Medicine, and a year later with a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the same
institution.

Don Agustin Saezm 12. The Jesuit professor whom Rizal had the highest affection and
respect and whom he considered his best professor in Ateneo.

Domingo Lamco 13. José’s great-great grandfather who migrated to the Philippines
from Amoy, China.

University of Heidelberg 14. He studied in this university in his pursuit to further increase
his knowledge in his chosen field of specialization-ophthalmology.

El Filibusterismo 15. He described in this book how the Filipino students were
humiliated and insulted by their Dominican professors and how backward the method of
instruction was, especially in the teaching of the natural sciences.