Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 1K views

    Life and Works of Rizal

    Uploaded by

    Leanne Nequia
    Rizal had a very successful time at Ateneo de Manila University from 1872-1877. In his first year, he progressed rapidly and became the top student, winning his first prize. To improve his Spanish, he took extra lessons. In his second year, he again became the top student. In his third year, he remained an excellent student but failed to win a medal in Spanish. In his fourth year under the inspiring Professor Sanchez, Rizal resumed his studies vigorously and won five medals. In his last year, he continued to excel in all subjects and obtained the highest grades, finishing his time at Ateneo in a blaze of glory.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Life and Works of Rizal

    Uploaded by

    Leanne Nequia
    1K views4 pages
    Rizal had a very successful time at Ateneo de Manila University from 1872-1877. In his first year, he progressed rapidly and became the top student, winning his first prize. To improve his Spanish, he took extra lessons. In his second year, he again became the top student. In his third year, he remained an excellent student but failed to win a medal in Spanish. In his fourth year under the inspiring Professor Sanchez, Rizal resumed his studies vigorously and won five medals. In his last year, he continued to excel in all subjects and obtained the highest grades, finishing his time at Ateneo in a blaze of glory.

    Original Description:

    life of Rizal

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Rizal had a very successful time at Ateneo de Manila University from 1872-1877. In his first year, he progressed rapidly and became the top student, winning his first prize. To improve his Spanish, he took extra lessons. In his second year, he again became the top student. In his third year, he remained an excellent student but failed to win a medal in Spanish. In his fourth year under the inspiring Professor Sanchez, Rizal resumed his studies vigorously and won five medals. In his last year, he continued to excel in all subjects and obtained the highest grades, finishing his time at Ateneo in a blaze of glory.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    1K views4 pages

    Life and Works of Rizal

    Uploaded by

    Leanne Nequia
    Rizal had a very successful time at Ateneo de Manila University from 1872-1877. In his first year, he progressed rapidly and became the top student, winning his first prize. To improve his Spanish, he took extra lessons. In his second year, he again became the top student. In his third year, he remained an excellent student but failed to win a medal in Spanish. In his fourth year under the inspiring Professor Sanchez, Rizal resumed his studies vigorously and won five medals. In his last year, he continued to excel in all subjects and obtained the highest grades, finishing his time at Ateneo in a blaze of glory.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 4

    Life and Works of Rizal

    Subjcode: GEC109 Section: 14N Time: 4:00-5:00


    Name: Leanne J. Nequia
    Group 2: Biñan to Ateneo

    a.) Rizal’s First Year in Ateneo (1872-73)


    On his first day of class in the Ateneo, in June, 1872, Rizal first heard Mass at the
    college chapel and prayed fervently to god for guidance and success. When the mass
    was finished, he went to his class, where he saw a great number of boys, Spaniards,
    Mestizos and Filipinos.
    Rizal’s First professor in the Ateneo was Fr. Jose Bech, whom he described as a “tall,
    thin man, with a body slightly bent forward, a harried walk, an ascetic face, severe and
    inspired small deep sunken eyes, a sharp nose that was almost greek, and thin lips
    forming an arc whose ends fell toward the chin.
    Being a newcomer and knowing little Spanish, Rizal was placed at the bottom of
    the class. He was an externo, hence he was assigned to the Carthaginians occupying the
    end of the line.
    After the first week the frail Calamba boy progressed rapidly. At the end of the month,
    he became “emperor”. He was the brightest pupil in the whole class, and he was awarded
    a prize. “How pleased I was” he said, “When I won my first prize, a religious picture!” He
    was proud of it because it was the first prize he ever won at the Ateneo.
    To improve his Spanish, Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during the
    noon recesses, when other Ateneo students were playing or gossiping. He paid three
    pesos for those extra Spanish lessons, but it was money well spent.
    In the second half of first year in the Ateneo, Rizal did not try hard enough to retain
    his academic supremacy which he held during the first half of the term. This was because
    he resented some remarks of his professors. He placed second at the end of the year,
    although all his grades were still marked “Excellent”.
    b.) Summer Vacation (1873)

    At the end of the school year in March, 1873, Rizal returned to Calamba for Summer
    Vacation. He did not particularly enjoy his vacation because his mother was in prison. To
    cheer him up his sister Neneng (Saturnina) brought him to Tanawan with her. This did not
    cure his melancholy. Without telling his father, he went to Santa Cruz and visited his
    mother in prison. He told her of his brilliant grades at the Ateneo. She gladly embraces
    her favourite son.
    When the summer vacation ended, Rizal returned to Manila for his second year term
    in the Ateneo. This time he boarded inside Intramuros at No. 6 Magallanes Street. His
    land lady was an old widow named Doña Pepay, who had a widowed daughter and four
    sons.
    c.) Second year in Ateneo ( 1873-74)

    Nothing unusual happened to Rizal during the second term in the Ateneo, except that
    he repented having neglected his studies the previous year simply because he was
    offended by the teacher’s remarks. So, to retain his lost class leadership, he studies
    harder. Once more he became “emperor”.
    Some of his classmates were new. Among them were three boys from Biñan, who
    had been his classmates in the school of Maestro Justiniano.
    At the end of the school year. Rizal received excellent grades in all subjects and a
    gold medal. With such scholastic honors, he triumphantly returned to Calamba in March
    1874 for the summer vacation.
    d.) Prophecy of Mother’s Release
    Rizal lost no time in going to Santa Cruz in order to visit his mother in the provincial
    jail. He cheered up Doña Teodora’s lonely heart with news of his scholastic triumphs in
    Ateneo and with his funny tales about his professor and fellow students. The mother was
    very happy to know that her favourite child was making such splendid progress in college.
    In the course of their conversation, Doña Teodora told her son of her dream the
    previous night. Rizal, interpreting the dream, told her that she would be released from
    prison in three months’ time. Doña Teodora smiled, thinking that her son’s prophecy was
    a mere boyish attempt to console her.
    But Rizal’s prophecy became true. Barely three months passed, and suddenly Doña
    Teodora was set free. By that time, Rizal was already in Manila attending his classes at
    the Ateneo.
    Doña Teodora, happily back in Calamba, was even more proud of her son Jose whom
    she likened to the youthful joseph in the Bible in the ability to interpret dreams.
    e.) Teenage Interest in Reading
    It was during the summer vacation in 1874 in Calamba when Rizal began to take
    interest in reading romantic novels. As a normal teenager, he became interested in love
    stories and romantic tales.
    The first favourite novel of Rizal was The Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
    This thrilling novel made a deep impression to him. His boyish imagination was stirred by
    the sufferings of Edmond Dantes (the hero) in prison, his spectacular escape from the
    dungeon od Chateau d’If,’ his finding a buried treasure on the rocky island of Monte Cristo,
    and his dramatic revenge on his enemies who had wronged him.
    Rizal read numerous other romantic novels with deep interest. The reading habit
    helped to enrich his fecund mind.
    As a voracious reader, he read not only fiction, but also non-fiction. He persuaded his
    father to buy him a costly set of Cesar Cantu’s historicalwork entitled universal history.
    According to Rizal, his valuable work was of great aid in his studies and enabled him to
    win more prizes in Ateneo.
    Later Rizal read Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodor Jagor, a German Scientist-
    traveler who visited the Philippines in 1859-1860. What impressed him in this book were
    (1) Jagor’s keen observations of the defects of Spanish colonization and (2) his prophecy
    that someday Spain would lose the Philippines and that America would come to succeed
    her as colonizer.
    f.) Third Year in Ateneo (1874-75)
    In June 1874 Rizal returned to the Ateneo for his junior year. Shortly after the opening
    of classes, his mother arrived and joyously told him that she was released from prison,
    just as he had predicted during his last visit to her prison cell in Santa Cruz, Laguna. He
    was happy of course, to see his mother once more a free woman.
    However despite the family happiness, Rizal did not make an excellent showing in his
    studies as in his previous years. His grades remained excellent in all subjects, but he won
    only one medal-in Latin. He failed to win the medal in Spanish because his spoken
    Spanish was not fluently sonorous. He was beaten by a Spaniard who, naturally, could
    speak Spanish with fluency and with right accentation.
    At the end of the school year (March 1875), Rizal returned to Calamba for the summer
    vacation. He himself was not impressed by his scholastic work.
    g.) Fourth Year in Ateneo (1875-76)
    After a refreshing and happy summer vacation, Rizal went back to Manila for his fourth
    year course. On June 16, 1875, he became Interno in the Ateneo. One of his Professors
    Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez a great educator and scholar. He inspired the young
    Rizal to study harder and to write poetry. He became an admirer and friend of the slender
    Calamba lad, whose God-given genius he saw and recognized. On his part, Rizal had the
    highest affection and respect for Father Sanchez, whom he considered his best professor
    in the Ateneo.
    In his student memories Rizal wrote of Father Sanchez in glowing terms, showing his
    affection and gratitude. He described his Jesuit professor as ‘model of uprightness,
    earnestness and love for the advancement of his pupils”.
    Inspired by Father Sanchez, Rizal resumed his studies with vigor and zest. He topped
    all his calssmates in all subjects and won five medals at the end of the school term. He
    returned to Calamba for his summer vacation (March 1876) and proudly offered his five
    medals and excellent ratings to his parents. He was extremely happy, for he was able to
    repay his “father somewhat for his sacrifices.”
    h.) Last Year in Ateneo( 1876—77)
    After the summer vacation, Rizal returned to Manila in June 1876 for his last year in
    the Ateneo. His studies continued to fare wel. As matter of fact he excelled in all subjects.
    The mos brilliant Atenean of his time, he was truly the “pride of the Jesuits”.
    Rizal finished his last year at the Ateneo in a Blaze of glory. He obtained the highest
    grades in all subjects – Philosophy, physics, biology, chemistry, languages, mineralogy,
    etc.

    You might also like