JOSE GOES TO 

BIÑAN – IT WAS
IN JUNE 1869 WHEN RIZAL WAS
CHAPTER 3: EARLY EDUCATION IN CALAMBA AND BIÑAN
FINALLY SET TO GO TO BIÑAN TO
THE HEROES’ FIRST TEACHER – DOÑA SOLIDAD STUDY. ​​
SERVED AS THE FIRST MENTOR OF JOSE RIZAL.  JUST LIKE ANYONE OF US
WHENEVER WE WOULD TRAVEL
*BECAUSE OF HER MOTHER’S CHARACTER AS FAR FROM OUR PLACES RIZAL
PATIENT, CONSCIENTIOUS, UNDERSTANDING, YOUNG FEELS “HOMESICK” WHERE HE
JOSE RIZAL WAS ABLE TO LEARN DIFFERENT SKILLS.  SAID​​
​
*MAESTRO TOLENTINO 
 “I REMEMBER MY HOME TOWN,
*MAESTRO LUCAS PADUA
*LEON MONROY -HIS FATHER’S OLD CLASSMATE MY IDOLIZED MOTHER, AND
BECAUSE OF HIM, RIZAL WAS ABLE TO LEARN MY SOLICITOUS SISTERS. AH,
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BECAUSE MAESTRO MONROY HOW SWEET TO BE IN CALAMBA
IS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT RIZAL SPANISH AND LATIN MY OWN TOWN, INSPITE OF THE
LANGUAGE.  FACT, THAT IT WAS NOT AS
HEALTHY AS BIÑAN”. ​

Tantung, Carl Ian 

FI R S T D AY I N B I Ñ A N SC H O O L -  H I S FI R ST DAY WA S A L I T T L E B I T AW K WA R D
B E C AU S E HE WA S A N E W S T U DE NT. H E WA S I N T E RV I E W S B Y H I S T E A C H E R A B O U T
T H E L A N G U AG E S T H AT H E SP E A K S A N D R I Z AL H U M B LY R E SP O N D E D “ A L I T T L E
S I R ” W H I C H M A K E H I S C L A S S M AT E S L A U G H E S PE C I A L LY P E D R O W H I C H I S H I S
T E A CH E R ’S SO N .

FI R S T SC H O O L B R AW L – J U S T L I K E E V E RY OT HE R S T UD E N T ’S , T H E Y O U NG H E R O
A L SO G O T I N TO T R O U B L E A S E A R LY A S H I S F I R S T D AY I N A ST R A N G E PL A C E FO R
H I M . I T WA S B E T W E E N H I M A N D H I S T E A C H E R ’S S O N W HO I S A B U L LY.  
PA I N T I N G L E S S ON I N   B I ÑA N -  B E C A U SE O F   H IS LO V E IN PA I NT IN G R IZ A L FI ND  H IS
WAY TO A H O U SE O F PA IN T ER N A M E D  J U A NC H O , W H ER E HE SP E N D S A L M O ST A L L   O F
H IS F R E E TI M E W I TH H IS F R IE N D J O S E   G U EVA R A
D A ILY LI FE IN  B IÑ A N - J U S T LI KE A T Y P IC A L S T U D EN T W H O ST U D IE S FAR F R O M
H IS  PA R E N TS A N D C IT Y. R IZ A L LI V ED H IS L I FE   IN   B I Ñ A N  S IM P LY. H IS L O N E LI N ES S
H EL P S   H IM D E V EL O P M E NT H I S C H A R AC TE R AN D   U N L OC K E D H I S S E LF -
D EV E L OP M E N T.  
 BEST STUDENT IN SCHOOL - IN  ACADEMIC STUDIES, JOSE
BEAT ALL BIÑAN BOYS, HE SURPASSED THEM ALL IN SPANISH,
LATIN, AND OTHER SUBJECT.

END OF BIÑAN SCHOOL  BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN 1870,

JOSE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM
HIS SISTER SATURMINA, INFORMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER TALIM WHICH WOULD TAKE HIM FROM BIÑAN TO
CALAMBA

THE MARTYRDOM OF  GOMBURZA-

ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 20, 1872, ABOUT 200 FILIPINO
SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN OF  THE CAVITE ARSENAL UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF LAMADRID, FILIPINO SERGEANT, ROSE
IN VIOLENT MUTINY BECAUSE OF THE ABOLITION OF THEIR
USUAL PRIVILEGES, INCLUDING  EXEMPTION FROM TRIBUTE
AND POLO (FORCE LABOR) BY THE REACTIONARY
GOVERNOR RAFAEL DE IZQUIERDO

INJUSTICE TO HERO’S MOTHER-  

•BEFORE JUNE OF 1872, TRAGEDY STRUCK THE RIZAL FAMILY.
•AFTER ARRESTING DOÑA TEODORA, THE SADISTIC SPANISH
LIEUTENANT FORCED HER TO  WALK FROM CALAMBA TO
SANTA CRUZ.
•RECOUNTING THIS INCIDENCE OF HIS MOTHER’S
IMPRISONMENT.

Sulmaca, John Lerry 

 RIZAL WORKS AND
POEM 
During his student days Rizal
expressed his devotion to his
Catholic faith in melodious
poetry.
•Al Niño Jesus (To the child
Jesus) written when he was 14
Years old.
•A La Virgen Maria (To the
Virgin Mary)
RIZAL ENTERS ATENEO – IN THE LATE 1870'S
TOGETHER WITH PACIANO JOSE RIZAL WENT TO
THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO TAKE
THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION TO THE SAN JUAN
DE LETRAN.
HOWEVER. BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER’S DECISION TO
STUDY IN ATENEO INSTEAD OF LETRAN JOSE RIZAL
FACED HARDSHIP TO MATRICULATE IN ATENEO.

*PARENTS INFLUENCE TO THE STUDIES OF A

TYPICAL FILIPINO STUDENT BOTH FROM THE PAST
AND TO THE PRESENT
*TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH THE SPANISH
AUTHORITIES RIZAL WAS THE ONE WHO FIRST
USED THEIR FAMILY NAME.

JASUIT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION- DUE TO THE

SPANISH  OCCUPATION AND INFLUENCE OF
CATHOLICISM   THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS
GREATLY INFLUENCED.  

ROMAN EMPIRE AND CARTHAGINIAN ARE THE

DOMINATE GROUP DURING THE TIME. 
IT AN AVENUE TO SHOWCASE THE TALENTS OF
ATENEANS AND TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTERS
OF SPORTSMANSHIP IN A ACADEMIC WAY . 
Tampuna, Evagelyn 
FIRST YEAR IN ATENEO- AFTER THE FIRST WEEK THE FRAIL
CALAMBA BOY PROGRESSED RAPIDLY. AT THE END OF THE
MONTH, HE BECAME A EMPEROR. HE WAS THE BRIGHTEST
IN THE WHOLE CLASS. TO IMPROVE HIS SPANISH, HE TOOK
PRIVATE LESSONS IN SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE
 
BECAUSE OF THE VITALITY OF SPANISH  LANGUAGE IN
PRE-COLONIAL ERA, IN THE SECOND HALF OF HIS FIRST
YEAR IN ATENEO RIZAL DID NOT TRY HARD ENOUGH TO
RETAIN HIS ACADEMIC SUPREMACY WHICH HE HELD
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE TERM. 

SUMMER VACATION (1873)- 

because of his mother's situation Jose Second year in Ateneo (73-74)- compared to
Rizal didn’t enjoy his vacation. Secretly, he other years in Ateneo, His second year was not
visited his mother in Santa Cruz where he as exciting as his other years. He spend his
excitedly share his triumphs to his time studying hard to prove his self to his
mother.  professors. At the end of the year he became
After his vacation Jose returned to manila an emperor again and received an excellent
for his 2nd year in Ateneo  remarks. 
 PROPHECY OF MOTHER'S RELEASE  -
 RIZAL VISITED HER MOTHER IN PRISON AND INTERPRETED
HER MOTHER’S DREAM. HIS PROPHESY IS THAT HER MOTHER,
DONA TEODORA WILL BE RELEASE IN PRISON IN THREE MONTH
TIME. 

TEENAGE INTEREST IN READING

HE IS INTERESTED IN NOVELS PARTICULARLY LOVE STORIES

AND ROMANTIC TALES LIKE
(THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BY ALEXANDER DUMAS)
IN AREAS OF HISTORY, HE IS INTERESTED ABOUT UNIVERSAL
HISTORY LIKE TRAVELS IN THE PHILIIPPINES BY DR. FEODOR
JAGOR, A GERMAN SCIENTIST-TRAVELER WHO VISITED
PHILIPPINES IN 1859-1860. JAGOR’S PREDICAMENTS WAS, SPAIN
IN A LONG RUN WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINNES
AND BE SUCCEDED BY THE US.

Sabdula Bai Mariza

THIRD YEAR IN ATENEO (1874-75)-

 HE  WAS VISITED BY HER MOTHER IN HIS THIRD YEAR

COLLEGE, HE THEN HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY. HOWEVER
THOUGH MANIFESTING EXCELLENCE  IN ALL OF HIS
SUBJECTS. HE FAILED TO WON THE SPANISH MEDAL
BECAUSE HE IS NOT FLUENT IN SPANISH LANGUAGE PLUS
THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HIS ACCENT. NONETHELESS,
HE WON THE LATIN MEDAL.

FOURTH YEAR TO ATENEO - (1875-76)-

AFTER SUMMER HE WENT BACK TO MANILA FOR HIS
FOURTH YEAR IN ATENEO . ON JUNE 16, 1875 HE BECAME
AN INTERNO IN ATENEO. ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
PROFESSOR IS FR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANCHEZ A
GREAT EDUCATOR AND SCHOLAR. HE HAVE  A COLOSSAL
INFLUENCE  TO RIZAL’S INTEREST IN WRITING POETRY.

LAST YEAR IN ATENEO (1876-77) - HE WAS BADGE AS “THE

MOST BRILLIANT ATENEAN OF HIS TIME”, HE WAS TRULY
“THE PRIDE OF THE JESUITS’. HE OBTAIN THE HIGHEST
GRADES IN ALL OF HIS SUBJECT (PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS,
BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, LANGUAGE, MINCRALOGY, ETC.)

 
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN ATENEO
 
RIZAL ACADEMIC BRILLIANCE NEVER STOPPED HIM TO ENGAGE IN
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE FOUR CORNERS OF HIS
CLASSROOM IN ATENEO. HE WAS AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVER AND ALSO
A STUDENT LEADER. HE ALSO JOINED SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS.
SCULPTURAL WORKS IN ATENEO –
 BECAUSE OF JOSE RIZAL’S TALENT IN SCULPTURE WHICH HE
PROVES WHEN HE CURVE THE IMAGE OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN A
BATIKULING OR A HARD WOOD, FATHER LLEONART REQUESTED
HIM TO MAKE AN ART OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS WHICH
THE YOUNG BOY HAPPILY COMPLIED.

Tantung, Carl Ian 

ANECDOTES ON JOSE RIZAL, THE ATENEAN-
 DURING THE USUAL DAYS OF RIZAL IN ATENEO WHERE HE SPEND HIS
TIME READING WITH HIS FELLOW STUDENTS, AN ACCIDENT
HAPPENED WHICH REVEALS THE HEROES “RESIGNATION TO PAIN AND
FOR GIVENESS”. ONE DAY DURING A HEATED QUARREL BETWEEN
MANZANO AND LESACA, RIZAL WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY A BOOK
WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO UNDERGO TREATMENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
SUR PRISINGLY, HE DID NOT RAISE A CRY OF PROTEST AND CONTINUE
ATTENDING HIS CLASSES AFTER THE TREATMENT WITHOUT A FEELING
OF BITTERNESS TOWARDS THE GUILTY PARTY.  

ANOTHER ANECDOTE ON RIZAL, THE ATENEAN WAS RELATED BY

MANUEL XERES BURGOS. THIS ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATES RIZAL’S
PREDILECTION TO HELP THE HELPLESS AT THE RISK OF HIS OW N LIFE.
ON A SUM MER TIME A YOUNG ATENEAN NAMED JULIO MELIZA WAS
CRYING FOR HIS KITE WHICH WAS CAUGHT BY THE VINES ON THE
BELFRY OF THE MANILA CATHEDRAL. THE YOUNG JOSE RIZAL
CLAIMED THE PICK OF THE CATHEDRAL TO HELP THE HELPLESS BOY
GET HIS LOST KITE. 
POEMS WRITTEN IN ATENEO – JOSE RIZALS FIRST
WRITTEN PEOM IS ENTITLED MI PRIMA INSPIRACION

(MY FIRST INSPIRATION) A PIECE DEDICATED FOR HIS

MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY. 
IT IS IN 1874 WHEN RIZAL STARTED TO WRITE POEMS
AGAIN, THIS WAS AFTER HIS MOTHER’S RELEASE FROM
PRISON WHICH MADE RIZAL LOST HIS JOY.  

*FELICITACION
*EL EMBARQUE : HYMNO LA FLORA DE MAGALLANES
*UN RECUERDO A MI PUEBLU
*ALIANZA INTIMA ENTRE LA RELIGION Y LABUENA
EDUCACION
*EL HEROISMO DE COLON
 RIZAL RELIGIOUS POEMS- DURING HIS STUDENT DAYS RIZAL EXPRESSED HIS
DEVOTION TO HIS CATHOLIC FAITH IN MELODIOUS POETRY.
•AL NIÑO JESUS (TO THE CHILD JESUS) WRITTEN WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
•A LA VIRGEN MARIA (TO THE VIRGIN MARY)

Sulmaca John Lerry 

 DRAMATIC WORK IN ATENEO- WHILE RIZAL WAS STILL A STUDENT AT THE
ATENEO, HIS FAVOURITE TEACHER, FATHER SANCHEZ, REQUESTED HIM TO
WRITE A DRAMA BASED ON THE PROSE STORY OF ST. EUSTACE THE
MARTYR

Mother’s opposition to higher education

 – after graduating his bachelors degree in Ateneo
Rizal with the influence of his father wanted to
pursue his higher education in University of Santo
Tomas. However, because of the horror that
happened to the three matyrs or the GOMBURZ
which beheaded by the Spaniard, his mother
opposed him to acquire higher education in Manila

TANTUNG, CARL IAN 

RIZAL ENTERS THE UNI VERSI TY - IN 1977 RIZAL MATR ICULATED
AT T HE UNIVERSITY SANTO TOMAS TAKING UP PHILOSOPHY
AND LETTERS.  
ON HIS FIRST TERM, 91877- 1878) RIZAL ST UDIE S COSMOLOGY,
METAPHYSICS, THEOL OGY, AND HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY.   
AFTER HAVING AN ADVICE FR OM ATENEOS REC TOR, ON THE
PRECEDING YEAR HE STUDIED MEDICINE. ONE OF THE REASON
WHY HE CHOOSES TO STUDY MEDIC INE IS TO C URE HIS
MOTHER’S WORSENING E YESIGHT.  

FINISHES SURVEYING COURSE IN ATE NE O – IN 1878 THOUGH,

RIZAL IS STUDYING IN SANTO TOMAS, HE ALSO STUDIES
VOCATIONAL COURSES IN ATENEO SPECIFICALLY IN
SURVEYING. WHERE HE ACTUALLY EXCEL LED AND EARNED A
GOLD MEDAL IN AGR ICULT UR E AND TOPOGR APHY.

RIZAL IS A VICTIM OF SPANISH OFFICE R’ S BRUTALITY

JOSE RIZAL: WORKS AND W RITINGS

Ø HE  W ON A  SILVER PEN IN ONE OF A L ITERARY COMPETITION
SPONSORED BY THE AR TISTIC O-LITERAR IO OF MANI LA BEC AUSE
OF HIS POEM ENTITLED TO THE F ILIPINO YOUTH (JUVE NTUD
FILIPINA) . IN THIS POEM HE ENC OURAGES HIS FELLOW YOUTH
TO   RISE FROM L ETHARGY, TO LET THEIR GENI US FLY SWIFTE R
THAN THE WIND AND DESCEND WIT H ART AND SC IENC E TO BE
FREE AND BREAK THE CHAIN.

RIZAL WAS AWARDED AGAIN WIT H FI RST PRIZE( GOLD RIN G ) IN

ANOTHER ARTISTIC -LITERARY LYC EUM OPENED BECAUSE OF
HIS ALLEGORICAL DR AMA ENTITLED THE COUNCIL OF THE
GODS(E L CONSEJO DE LLOS DI OSES) IN   1880
OTHER LITERARY WORKS - ASIDE FROM THE TWO PRIZE WINNING WORKS MENTIONED ABOVE RIZAL WAS
STUDYING MEDICINE, PRODUCED OTHER POEMS AND A ZARZUELA AS JUNTO AL PASIG (BESIDE THE PASIG)
WHICH WAS STAYED BY THE ATENEANS ON DECEMBER 8. 1880  
IN THE SAME YEAR 1880 HE WROTE A SONNET ENTITLED A FILIPINOS FOR THE ALBUM THE SOCIETY OF
SCULPTORS 
THE YEAR BEFORE 1879 HE COMPOSED A POEM ENTITLED ABD-EL-AZIS MAHOMA, WHICH WAS DECLAIMED
BY AN ATENEAN MANUEL FERNANDEZ  
IN A YEAR 1881 HE COMPOSED A POEM ENTITLED AL.M.R.P PABLO RAMON. HE WROTE THIS POEM AS AN
EXPRESSION OF AFFECTION TO FATHER PABLO RAMON  

Rizal visit to pikil and pagsanjan-   May 1881, Jose, along

with his sisters Saturnina, Maria, and Trinidad and female
friends went on a pilgrimage to Pakil, famous shrine of the
Birhen Maria de los Dolores. 
She was skillful in playing the harp at the Regalado home
Rizal and his party then went to Pagsanjan for two reasons 
It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela
To see the world famed Pagsanjan Falls

TAMPUNA, EVAGELY
N
 CH AMPI ON OF FILIPI NO STUDENTS
° RIZAL WAS THE CHAM PI ON OF FILI PINO STUDENTS BECAUSE OF HI S U NDENIABLE SKI LLS I N FENCI NG , WRESTLI NG AND IN DOMI TAB LE
COURAGE;
° SPAN ISH CALLED THE FI LIPI NO A S INDI O, C HONGO! WHILE FILI PINO STUDEN TS CALLED THEM KASTI LA, B ANGUS!
° RIZAL WAS THE CHI EF OF CO MPANERI SMO ( COMRA DESH IP) A SECRET STUDENT SO CIETY I N UST WHO A RE EN GAGED IN FREQUENT
STREET BATTLES WI TH SPANISH STUDENTS .

U NHAPPY DAYS AT THE U ST

° RIZAL WAS U NHAPPY IN UST BECAU SE OF DOM IN ICAN PROFESSORS, FILI PI NO STUDENTS WERE DISCR IM INATED AND THE METHOD OF
TEACHI NG IS OBSOLETE A ND REPRESSI VE.
  °D UE TO UNHEALTHY EN VIRON MENT RIZAL FAI LED TO WIN H IGH GRADES ESPECI ALLY I N H IS FOURTH YEARS.

D ECISIO N TO STUDY ABR OAD -  • AFTER FINI SHIN G THE FOURTH YEAR O F HI S MEDI CAL COURSE, RI ZAL DECI DED TO STUDY I N SPAIN .

• RI ZAL DI D NOT SEEK HI S PARENT’S PERM ISSI ON A ND BLESSI NGS TO GO ABRO AD, BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT THEY, ESPECIA LLY HI S
MOTHER WOULD DI SAPPROVE
ANALYSIS(RELEVANCE OF THE TOPIC) 

ON THE CONCEPT OF CAUSE AND EFFECT

• THE REPRESSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE REGIME OF

THE SPANIARDS MANIFESTED IN THE MARTYDOM
OF GOM-BUR-ZA, INJUSTICES TO HIS MOTHER,
INJUSTICES TO THE FILIPINO STUDENTS AND TO
THE FILIPINO PEOPLE FUELED THE ASPIRATIONS
OF RIZAL TO REDEEMED AND LIBERATE HIS
COUNTRY.
 
•LIKEWISE, OPPRESSION TO MANY FILIPINO
BRINGS LIGHT TO RIZAL TO ENCOURAGE HIS
FELLOW FILIPINO TO OBTAIN EDUCATION
EVIDENT IN HIS POEM "THROUGH EDUCATION OUR
MOTHERLAND RECEIVES LIGHT"
ON THE CONCEPT OF
CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
• Rizal puts premium on the importance of
Religion which remains vital in the life of Filipino
People even in the contemporary times; 
• Rizal romanticized the significant contribution of
the youth during Spanish era the same as how we
vitalized youth's participation in the contemporary
Philippines , intensified by the 1987 Constitution ; 
• Rizal's patriotism and nationalism were
succeeded by today's youth generation •Hence,
force or strict education is now contained due to
various Children's Protection Act.
 ON THE CONCEPT OF
SIGNIFICANCE
 • Generally, the life and works of Rizal is undebatablly significant up to the
contemporary times. His thought about Education, role of the youth, religion,
the concept of nationalism and patriotism should be treated with utmost
significance.
* The life and works of Rizal depicts the struggle of the past and highlight  the
chance of the future. He give inspiration for the youth to speak up and do
what is right regardless of any odds. 
"stand for what is right even it means standing Alone"