THIS UNIT PRESENTS

DR. JOSE RIZAL’S

YOUTH DAYS
RIZAL’S LIFE & HOW HE FACES YOUTH
DAYS
DR JOSE RIZAL
• EXAMPLE OF A MANY-SPLENDORED HERO
• RANKED WITH THE WORDS GENIUSES, PHYSICIAN, POET, DRAMATIST,
ESSAYIST, NOVELIST, ETHNOLOGIST, SURVEYOR, ENGINEER, FARMER
BUSINESSMAN, ECONOMIST, FOLKLORIST, PHILOSOPHER, TRANSLATOR,
INVENTOR, MAGICIAN, HUMORIST, SATIRIST, SPORTSMAN, TRAVELER, AND
PROPHET HERO AND A POLITICAL MARTYR WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR
THE REDEMPTION OF HIS PEOPLE.
 THE BIRTH OF NATION HERO
-Born on the moonlit night of Wednesday between 11:00 and midnight of
June 19, 1861, in Calamba, Laguna

- Baptized on June 22 by Fr. Rufino collates, a Batangueno

- His godfather was Fr. Pedro Casanas

 JOSE RIZAL AND THE YOUTH
• Many historians dubbed him a genius because he was well-rounded. He was a prolific writer, poet, scientist, doctor,
and artist.
• He was considered as “LODI” or as an idol in the language of the millennials today and also “PETMALU” (malupit)
or amazing not because of he was a multi-talented young man, but also because he was a role model, and gentleman
and an obedient son. Perhaps, during the time of the baby boomers, he was the “Kilabot ng Kolehiyala”.
• In Rizal’s time, there were no social media yet like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, text messages, or even rotary
phones when there was still a party line sharing a common line with different numbers. Everyone focused not on self-
aggrandizement but on how one can make a difference even to the point of giving up the most precious gift God has
given to him —- his very own life!
• For sure, if our National Hero were still alive now, his followers would be countless and all his posts would certainly
go viral because of his profoundness and appeal. Yes, Rizal could be an “EPAL”  back in his time but he doesn’t need
this, because his love for the country is so much that even during his exile and imprisonment, his mind was for the
country and most especially for the Youth, whom he called “The Hope of Our Motherland”.
 RIZAL LEFT A LOT OF LIFE’S GOLDEN
LESSONS WHICH BOTH THE YOUTH AND
THE ADULTS CAN LEARN FROM.
• The youth can learn a lot from Dr. Jose Rizal because he knows what he wants, he was not the hard-
headed moth that was warned by the mother moth not to come close to the flame and get burned. He
knows
• To the youth, may his sacrifice by giving his own life becomes a wake-up call for you that there
were many martyrs in the country who gave their life for you to enjoy the freedom that you are
having now, be responsible because freedom is not absolute. It’s always tied up with responsibilities.
Be truthful, be sincere and be humble.
• For the adults, may you emulate our National Hero by continually keeping in mind the values he left
behind like loving our country, our God, and our people. And when challenged, to be a courageous
and continuously quest for what is true and just and fight what our heroes fought for tyranny,
ignorance, apathy, and deception even if it would mean giving up our own life.
 RIZAL’S S CHILDHOOD
• RIZAL’S FAMILY WAS TYPICAL OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS
FAMILIES OF THE 19 CENTURY, ONLY THEIRS WAS WITH
SOCIAL STATUS, THEIR FAMILY BEING AMONG THE PRINCIPAL.

• THEIR RECTANGULAR ABODE WAS MADE OF STONE, WOOD,

AND A RED-TILED ROOF. THEY HAD A ORCHARD, CARRIAGE,
AND HORSES AND OWNED AN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS OF
RISE AND SUGAR.