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C. Rizal in Calamba and Biñan

Rizal received his early education through private tutors at home before attending a private school in Biñan at age 9. He excelled academically and in painting. The execution of GOMBURZA (Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora) in 1872 impacted Rizal's family and inspired his writing. His mother Teodora was falsely accused and imprisoned for 2.5 years before being acquitted, which Rizal recounted as an injustice.

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C. Rizal in Calamba and Biñan

Rizal received his early education through private tutors at home before attending a private school in Biñan at age 9. He excelled academically and in painting. The execution of GOMBURZA (Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora) in 1872 impacted Rizal's family and inspired his writing. His mother Teodora was falsely accused and imprisoned for 2.5 years before being acquitted, which Rizal recounted as an injustice.

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Chapter 5 - Formal Search for

Knowledge and His Idealism in the Poetry

 Rizal had his early education in Calamba


and Biñan.
 Early schooling is characterized by four R’s-
Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic and Religion.
 Instruction was rigid and strict.
 Emphasis on memorization.
 Elementary education had many defects.
The Hero’s First Teacher

 The home education of Rizal was soon


been replaced in a formal education. At his
early age it was his mother the first
teacher who taught him the alphabet and
the prayers. As Jose grew older, Francisco
and Teodora decided to hire private tutors
to give him lessons at home.
Rizal’s Private Tutors
 The first was Maestro Celestino,
 the second, Maestro Lucas Padua and
 lastly, Maestro Leon Monroy taught Jose
to understand and speak Latin and Spanish.
After five months, Maestro Leon Monroy
died, his parents decided to send him to a
private school in Biñan.
Rizal goes to Biñan
 At nine years old, it was the first time that
he was separated from his family.
Accompanied by Paciano, they went to his
aunt’s house where he was to board
together with his cousin named Leandro.
The house was about 30 meters away
from his school.
First Day in Biñan
 The first day of school is not forgotten
easily because immediately, he was assigned
a seat in the class by Maestro Justiniano
Aquino Cruz, a former teacher of Paciano.
 Apparently the teacher believed in the
saying “one has to suffer a great deal in order
to learn”. The teacher asked him whether he
spoke Spanish, Rizal replied “A little, sir”, do
you know Latin, “A little. Sir”.
 This prompted one of his classmates named
Pedro, the teacher’s son to make fun of him.
First School Brawl
 Although smaller and younger, Rizal was
challenged by Pedro in a wrestling fight,
after class. Having learned the art of
wrestling from his Uncle Manuel, he
defeated the bigger boy. He gained the
reputation of being small but strong.
Another classmate named Andres
Salandanan challenged him to an arm-
wrestling match, having the weaker arm, lost
and nearly cracked his head on the sidewalk.
Painting Lessons in Biñan
 Rizal developed his painting skills from
Juancho, who was the father-in-law of the
school teacher and a local painter. Later,
Rizal called himself as a “fashionable” painter.
Best Student in School
 In academic studies, Jose concentrated
religiously and he excelled in all subjects.
Jose surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin and
other subjects.
-In spite of the reputation I had of being a
good boy, the day was unusual when I was not
laid out on a bench and given five or six blows.
End of Biñan Schooling
 Before the Christmas season in 1870, Rizal
received a letter from Saturnina, informing
that the steamer, Talim would pass for him
from Biñan to Calamba. Before leaving, he
prayed in the town church, collected pebbles
in the river for souvenir and say goodbye to
his classmates and teacher.
 It was December 17, 1870, after one year
and a half of schooling in Binan, he board
in the steamer Talim and was taken care
by Arturo Camps, a Frenchman and a
friend of his father. Rizal spent Christmas
with his family.
Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
 Despite the archbishop’s plea for
clemency because of their innocence in
the CAVITE Mutiny (January 20, 1872),
the GOMBURZA (Fathers Mariano
Gomez, Jose Burgos & Jacinto Zamora),
was executed at sunrise, February 17,
1872.
Impact to Rizal Family
 Paciano, enlarged by the execution 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 eleven years old.
 Nineteen years later, Rizal dedicated his
second novel, El Filibusterismo, to
GOMBURZA
Injustice to Hero’s Mother
 Before June of 1872, Doña Teodora was
suddenly arrested on a malicious charge that
she and her brother, Jose Alberto, tried to
poison the unfaithful wife. Jose Alberto, a
rich business man just returned from
business trip in Europe. During his trip his
wife abandoned their home and children.
When he arrived in Biñan, he found her living
with another man so because of his wife
infidelity, Jose Alberto planned to divorce
her.
 Dona Teodora, to prevent family scandal,
she convince his brother to forgive his
wife. It was settled but unfortunately the
sister-in-law made an action with the
connivance of the Spanish lieutenant
of the Guardia Civil, filed a case in court
accusing her husband and Teodora of
attempting to poison her.
 This lieutenant happened to have an ax to
grind against the Rizal family because at one
time Don Francisco refused to feed his
horse. Taking the opportunity to avenge
himself , he arrested Teodora.
 Dona Teodora forced her to walk from
Calamba to Santa Cruz, almost 50
kilometers and imprisoned for two years
and a half until the Manila Royal Audiencia
acquitted her from the crime.
Rizal recounting the incident:
 Our mother was unjustly snatched away from
us and by whom? By some men who had
been our friends and whom we treated as
honored guests….
 My mother was defended by Francisco de
Marcaida & Manuel Marzan, the most
famous lawyers of Manila. She finally
succeeded to be acquitted… but after how
long? After two and half years.

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