Early Education in Calamba and Biñan PDF

Early Education in Calamba and Biñan Prepared by Mrs. Analiza Collado Early education in Calamba and Binan  Rizal has his early education in Calamba and Binan.  It is a typical schooling that a son of an illustrado family receive during his time  It was characteristic by four R,s...

Early Education in Calamba and Biñan Prepared by Mrs. Analiza Collado Early education in Calamba and Binan  Rizal has his early education in Calamba and Binan.  It is a typical schooling that a son of an illustrado family receive during his time  It was characteristic by four R,s Reading, writing, arithmetic and religion  Instruction was rigid and strict  Knowledge was forced into the minds of the pupils by means of the tedious memory method aided by the teacher’s whip.  Rizal was able to acquire the necessary instruction preparatory for college work in Manila.  It may be said that Rizal, who was born a physical weakling, rose to become an intellectual giant not because of, but rather in spite of, the outmoded and backward system of instruction obtaining in the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish regime. The Hero’s First Teacher  Jose’s first hero teacher was his “mother”, who was a remarkable woman of a good character and fine culture.  On her lap, Jose learned prayers and the alphabet at the age of three  Dona Teodora discovered the talent of Jose to write poems for poetry. She encouraged Jose to write poems.  His parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home  First is Maestro Celestino and second is Maestro Lucas Padua, an old man named Leon Monroy , a former classmate of Rizal’s father became boy’s tutor who instructed Jose in Spanish and Latin  Hero’s parent decided to send their gifted son to private school in Biñan. Rizal’s Life in Biñan  Jose goes in Biñan in June, 1869, Jose left Calamba for Biñan, accompanied by Paciano his brother.  First day in Biñan School Paciano brought Jose his younger brother to the school of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz – formal teacher. Rizal described Maestro Justiniano as tall, thin, long, necked, sharp-nosed, with a body slightly bent forward The school was in Maestro Justiniano’s house. The boys in the class, especially Pedro, the teacher’s son laughed at Jose because of the conversation with the teacher.  First school brawl in his first day in school Jose met the Bully, Pedro. He was angry at this bully for making fun of him during his conversation with the teacher in morning Jose challenge Pedro to a fight and won because he learned the art of wrestling from his athletic Tio Manuel, After the class in the afternoon, Andres Salandanan challenge Jose to an arm-wrestling match and lost due to weaker arm and nearly cracked in Jose’s head. In suceeding day he had other fights with the boys of Biñan. He was not quarrelsome nature but never ran away from a Fight  Painting Lesson in Binan Old Juancho, Jose’s teacher in painting lessons and freely gave a lesson in drawing and painting. Old Juancho impressed talent of Calamba lad. Jose and his classmates who loved painting became apprentices of the old painter.  Daily Life in Biñan Jose led methodical life in Biñan almost Spartan in simplicity. Such a life contributed much to his future development. It strengthen his body and soul. Best Student in School In academic studies, Jose beat all Biñan boys. He surpasses them all in Spanish and Latin and other subjects. Some of his older classmates were jealous of his intellectual superiority. They even wickedly squealed a teacher whenever Jose had a fight outside school and they even told a lie to discredit him before the teacher’s eyes.  End of Biñan Schooling 1871, Before the Christmas season. Jose received a letter from his sister Saturnina informing the arrival of the steamer Talim which would take him to Calamba Upon reading the letter, he had a premonition that he would not return to Biñan, so that he became sad. He prayed to the town curch, collected pebbles in the river for souvenirs and regretfully bade farewell to his teacher and classmates. December 17, 1871 Saturday, Jose left Biñan Jose thrilled to take passage on the steamer for it was first time. On board was Frenchman named Arturo Camps, a friend of his father, who took care of him. Martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za  January 20, 1872, Cavite mutiny.  About 200 Filipino soldiers and workmen of the Cavite arsenal under the leadership of Lamarid, Filipino sergeant rose in violent mutiny.  The GOMBURZA were leaders of the secularization movement.  February 17, 1872, Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora were implicated and executed.  Paciano enraged by the execution he quit his study and returned to Calamba, where he told the heroic story of Burgos to his younger brother Jose.  The martyrdom of the three priests inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny  In 1891, Rizal dedicated his second novel El Filibusterismo to GOMBURZA Injustice to Hero’s Mother  June of 1872, Doña Teodora was suddenly arrested on a malicious charge that she and her brother, Jose Alberto, tried to poison latter’s perfidious wife.  Jose Alberto’s wife connived with the Spanish lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and filed a case against Rizal’s mother  Antonio Vivencio del Rosario , gobernadorcillo of Calamba, helped the lieutenant arrest Doña Teodora  Doña Teodora was made to walk from Calamba to the provincial prison in Santa Cruz with a distance of 50 km  Don Francisco de Marcaida & Don Manuel Mazano – most famous lawyers of Manila, defended Doña Teodora in court  After 2 ½ years, the Royal Audiencia acquitted Doña Teodora