Rizal Chapter-3-Early-Education-in-Calamba-and-Binan
Rizal Chapter-3-Early-Education-in-Calamba-and-Binan
Rizal Chapter-3-Early-Education-in-Calamba-and-Binan
On her lap, Jose learned prayers and the alphabet at the age of three
“Work hard and perform every task very carefully; learn to be swift as well as thorough; be independent in thinking;
and make visual pictures of everything.”
– Uncle Gregorio
Uncle Manuel Alberto – seeing Jose was frail in nature, concerned himself with the physical development of
his nephew
He also taught Jose the love for open air and admiration for the beauty of nature
Don Leon died five months later and Jose was sent to a private school in Biñan.
Rizal described Maestro Justiniano as tall, thin, long- necked, sharp-nosed, with a body slightly bent forward
Jose Rizal and his classmate Jose Guevarra became apprentices of Old Juancho
His older classmates were jealous and squealed to the teacher whenever he had fights
Jose usually received five or six blows while laid out on a bench
Arturo Camps – a Frenchman and a friend of Don Francisco, he took care of Jose during the trip
Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
February 17, 1872 – Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora were implicated and executed
The martyrdom of the three priests inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny
In 1872, Doña Teodora was arrested on a malicious charge that she aided his brother Jose Alberto in trying
to poison his wife
Antonio Vivencio del Rosario – obernadorcillo of Calamba, helped the lieutenant arrest Doña Teodora
50 kilometers – Doña Teodora was made to walk from Calamba to the provincial prison in Santa Cruz
Don Francisco de Marcaida & Don Manuel Mazano – most famous lawyers of Manila, defended Doña Teodora in court