EARLY EDUCATION OF

DR. JOSE RIZAL IN

CALAMBA AND BINAN
Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos
best known as the mother of Dr. Jose Rizal.
she is the first teacher of Rizal.
It was she who first discovered that her son had a talent for
poetry. Accordingly, she encouraged him to write poems. To
lighten the monotony of memorizing the ABC’s and to
stimulate her son’s imagination, she related many stories.
Maestro Celestino – first private tutor of Rizal
Maestro Lucas Padua- second tutor of Rizal
Leon Monroy- a former classmate of Rizal’s father,
became the boy’s tutor after Maestro Celestino and
Maestro Lucas Padua. This old teacher lived at the Rizal
home and instructed Jose in Spanish and Latin.
Unfortunately, he did not lived long. He died five months
later.
When he was nine years old, his father sent him to Biñan
to continue studying Latin, because Monroy died.
June , 1869- Rizal left Calamba for Biñan.
Paciano- he is the one who accompanied him when he
arrived in Biñan.
- acted as his second father.
Leandro- cousin of Rizal.
Paciano brought his younger brother to the school of
Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz.
Pedro- son of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz.
*First School Brawl in the afternoon of his first day in
school, when the teacher was having his siesta, Jose met the
bully, Pedro. Jose challenged Pedro to a fight.
Tio Manuel- Rizal learned from him the art of wrestling.
Andres Salandanan – classmate of Rizal who challenge
him to an arm-wrestling match.
Painting lesson in Biñan
Juancho- was his teacher in painting
- he gave Rizal lessons in drawing and
painting for free.
Jose Rizal and Jose Guevarra were the favorite painter of
the class.
Best Student in School
Jose beat all Biñan boys in Academic studies.
Some classmates were jealous that they inform to the
teacher whenever Jose had fights outside of the school.
Some also told lies to discredit him.
End of Biñan Schooling
Time came when jose learned all that Maestro Justiniano
could teach him. The teacher informed Jose’s Parents that
their son should be sent to college in Manila.
Christmas season in 1870, Rizal received letter from his
sister Saturnina informing him the arrival of the steamer
Talim which would take him from Biñan to Calamba.
Talim- the streamer that Jose rode.
December 17, 1871- Saturday afternoon Jose left from
Biñan after 1 year and a half schooling on the town.
Arturo Camps- a frenchman and a friend of his
father( Don Francisco), took care of Jose during the trip.
Injustice to Hero’s Mother
In 1872 before June - Doña Teodora was arrested on malicious
charge that she aided her brother, Jose Alberto, in trying to poison
Alberto’s wife.
Jose Alberto- A rich Biñan landowner and a brother of Dona
Teodora.
- During his absence when he gone to Europe for a
business trip, his wife abandoned their home and children. When
returned to Biñan, he found her wife living with another man.
However, the unfaithful wife connived with the Lieutenant of the
guardia civil to fabricate evidence that her husband attempted to
poison her, with Doña Teodora as an accomplice.
 Provincial jail in Santa Cruz capital of Laguna- where
Doña Teodora jailed.
The Lieutenant forced the hero’s mother to walk on foot
from Calamba to Santa Cruz, a distance of more than 50
kilometers.
Don Francisco de Marcaida and Don Manuel Mazano-
most famous lawyers of Manila,defended Doña Teodora
in court.
After 2 and a half Years -The Royal Audiencia acquitted
Doña Teadora.
The Martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za
On January 20, 1872- the Cavity Mutiny flared up.
February 17, 1872- Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and
Jacinto Zamora were executed.
Father Jose Burgos- was the beloved professor and a friend of
Jose’s older brother (Piaciano)in the college of San Jose.
Piaciano was a trusted assistant of Burgos in the fight for the
Filipinization of the parishes.
 Jose Rizal was nearly eleven years old when the tragic
martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za took place.Despite his tender age,
he was deeply affected. It was another Spanish injustice, like
that doneto his own mother.