C-GEC9, Module

No.5

Course: Life and Works of Rizal

Module: C-GEC9, Module No. 5: Jose Rizal as a student of Ateneo and UST
Time Frame: Week No. 5 (3 hours)
Schedule of synchronous session:

Mapped Learning Outcomes and Course Content for C-GEC9, Module 5

Target Learning Content and Activities Target
Hrs.
Outcomes Competencies (TC)
(At the close of the period allotted, Offline Online Session and Values for
students should have :) (Self-Study) Integration (VI)

• Discuss the contributions Contents: Contents: -demonstrate

of Ateneo and UST to Jose Rizal the movie -Rizal at the Ateneo proficient and
Rizal in terms of their impact -Jesuits system of effective
on his academic life. Activities: education communication
•Compare the system of Completion and -Medical studies at UST -demonstrate
education then and now submission of critical, analytical,
based on the academic life quiz and Activities: and creative
of Jose Rizal. assignment -interactive games thinking
•Relate their own student life -lecture -Take responsibly
3 to Jose Rizal’s academic life -video presentation for knowing and
by citing personal accounts. being a Filipino
-contribute
personally and
meaningfully to
country’s
development
Total 3
hrs.

Content
For Self-Study
Rizal (movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ePUUGQGeyg&t=606s

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For the Synchronous Session

The society puts premium on education. It is
viewed as one of the vital cogs in achieving our
aspirations in life. We pour in time and effort to
earn a diploma considered as our ticket to success.
As the saying goes, “Education is the most powerful
weapon you can use to change world.”
But it (formal education) comes without a
price. Its attainment becomes increasingly difficult
because of the needed resources.
The mere fact that you are reading this module means that you are privileged to
continue your studies. At some point in your student life, you may encounter problems
that may prompt you to doubt your capability to go on. Just an unsolicited advice, do
not take a respite. Go on with your journey!
Currently, we are being challenged by the pandemic. There are numerous
concerns regarding the ability of the educational system to hold its ground against the
adverse effect of COVID-19. However, it is consoling to know that you are a believer.
Your enrolment can considered as a success in itself because you did not allow the
situation to hamper your academic journey.
Every minute we spend in school together with our teachers and classmates is
supposed to be pleasurable. This is in spite of the fact that we are in a roller coaster
ride, a turmoil as they say, as we progress. No pain no gain. In the end, it is all worth the
sacrifices especially when we reach the finish line and reap the fruits of our labor.
Success is a relative term even when it pertains to being a student. It is not
measured by the number of medals and certificates you received. Becoming a better
person is far more important than any academic recognition.
Jose Rizal was an exemplary student. He was one of the most outstanding
students of his batch. He never competed against anyone but to himself. Mindful of his
family, he pushed himself to the limits. He had his Jesuit professors to back him of and
they succeeded in unleashing the best version of himself.
However, his transition from high school (Ateneo) to college (UST) was not easy.
His mother opposed this plan. This was grounded on her fear that his son may be
endangered if he gets to know more knowing how principled Jose Rizal was. Also, Jose
Rizal had to defend himself and others against racial discrimination in the campus.
This module brings us back to the time when Jose Rizal was stamping his class
as an Ateneo and UST student. We may find similarities and differences with his
academic life and ours.
MABUHAY SI DR. JOSE RIZAL! MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS! ISANG
MAPAGPALAYANG ARAW SA ATING LAHAT!

A cordial reminder my dear students:

Before you begin to navigate/explore, do not forget to invoke God’s presence through a prayer (include in your
petitions the safety of everyone in this trying times). It is also important to FOCUS, an acronym which stands for:

F-ind a conducive place to study (study as if you are attending a regular class).
O-rganize your books, writing materials, devices, and other materials you will use.
C-ommunicate your questions/concerns to your instructor (you may reach your instructor via mobile #0915-
2066248/e-mail address nolifranco0425@gmail.com)
U-nderstand the lesson
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S-tay safe and healthy
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Expected Output
Code Output Score
M5ACT1 Activity 1 /10
M5ACT2 Activity 2 /15
M5ACT3 Activity 3 /15
M5ASS1 Reflection journal /10
M5EVAL1 Evaluation 1 /30
M5BONUS Bonus points
Total / 80 points

Treasure Box
Identify as many Filipino values as you can based on the topic/s
discussed in this module. This will be added to your total score as
bonus points.
CODE=M5BONUS

Please watch this Youtube video

Rizal (movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ePUUGQGeyg&t=606s

RIZAL at the ATENEO

 Four months after the martyrdom of
GOMBURZA and with Dona Teodora still in
prison, Jose, who had not yet celebrated his
11th birthday, was sent to Manila
 He studied in Ateneo Municipal, a college
under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits
(bitter rival of the Dominican-owned College
of San Juan de Letran); formerly the Escuela Pia (Charity School), a school for poor
boys in Manila which was established by the city government in 1817
 The Jesuits were splendid educators, so that Ateneo acquired prestige as an excellent
school for boys
 June 10, 1872, Jose took the examinations on Christian doctrine, arithmetic, and
reading at the College of San Juan de Letran, and passed them
 His father changed his mind and decided to send him to Ateneo instead

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 At first, Father Magin Fernando, the college registrar at the Ateneo refused to admit
him for two reasons: 1.) he was late for registration, 2.) he was sickly and undersized
for his age. Rizal was then 11 years old.
 Upon the intercession of Manuel Xerez Burgos, nephew of Father Burgos, he was
reluctantly admitted at the Ateneo
 Jose had to adopt the surname Rizal because Mercado had come under the suspicion of
the Spanish authorities (Paciano had used Mercado as his surname at the College of
San Jose and was known to the authorities as Father Burgos’ favorite student and
confidante
 At that time, Ateneo was located in Intramuros; first boarded on Caraballo Street, 25
minutes’ walk from the college; owned by a spinster named Titay who owed the Rizal
family the amount of 300 pesos; Jose boarded to collect part of the debt

JESUIT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION

 More advanced than that of the other colleges in that period
 Trained the character of the student by rigid discipline and religious instruction
 Promoted physical culture, humanities, and scientific studies
 Offered academic courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, vocational courses in agriculture, commerce, mechanics,
and surveying
 Students heard mass in the morning before the beginning of the
daily classes; every subject was opened and closed with prayers
 Students were divided into two groups: ROMAN EMPIRE
(internos, boarders) and CARTHAGANIAN EMPIRE (externos,
non-boarders)
 The 2 groups were in constant competition for supremacy in
class; distinctive banners were red for the Romans and blue for
the Carthaganians; upon the 6th defeat, the banner of the losing group was changed
with a figure of a donkey
 The best in each empire was the emperor, the 2 nd best was the tribune, the 3rd best was
the Decurion and the 5th best was the standard-bearer.
 Within the empire the students fought for the positions; any student can challenge any
officer in the empire to answer questions on the day’s lesson; his opponent could lose
his position if he committed 3 mistakes; any student might be at the end of the line but
if he studied hard and was brilliant, he could depose the officers one after another and
become an emperor

Please read this article:

History of Jesuits in the Philippines

https://www.phjesuits.org/portal/the-jesuits/jesuits-in-the-philippines

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RIZAL’S FIRST YEAR in ATENEO (1872-73)

 First in Ateneo, June 1872, Rizal heard Mass at the college chapel and prayed fervently
to God for guidance and success
 Rizal’s first professor was Fr. Jose Bech, tall, thin man, with a body slightly bent
forward, small deep-sunken eyes, severe and inspired, sharp nose, 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; assigned to the Carthaganians, occupying the end of the line
 After the first week, Rizal progressed rapidly
 At the end of the month, he became emperor
 Being the brightest pupil in the first class he was awarded a prize, a religious picture;
he was proud of his first prize from the Ateneo
 Took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during noon recesses to improve his
Spanish; paid extra 3 pesos
 In the 2nd half of his first year, Rizal did not try hard to retain his academic supremacy
because he resented some remarks of his professor
 He placed 2nd at the end of the year, although his grades were still “excellent”
 At the end of the school year in March 1873, Rizal returned to Calamba for summer
vacation
 Did not enjoy because his mother was still in prison
 To cheer him up, Saturnina brought her to Tanawan; this did not cure his sadness
 Without telling his father, he went to Santa Cruz to visit his mother in prison; he told
her of his brilliant grades at the Ateneo; she embraced her favorite son
 Rizal returned to Ateneo, this time he boarded inside Intramuros at No. 6 Magallanes
Street
 His landlady was an old widow named Dona Pepay, had a widowed daughter and four
sons

SECOND YEAR in ATENEO (1873-74)

 Nothing unusual happened except that he resented having neglected his studies the
previous year because he got offended by the teacher’s remarks
 Once more he became the emperor
 He had new classmates from Binan who had been his classmates under Maestro
Justiniano
 At the end of the school year, Rizal received excellent grades in all subjects and a gold
medal
 With such scholastic honor he returned to Calamba in March 1874, for the summer
vacation

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 Rizal visited his mother in the provincial jail

 Cheered up mother’s heart with news of his scholastic triumph at the Ateneo, funny
tales about his professors and classmates
 In their conversation, Dona Teodora about a dream the previous night, Rizal
interpreted the dream, told her she would be released from prison in three months’
time; Dona Teodora just smiled, thinking it was just a boyish attempt to console her
 Rizal’s prophecy became true! Mother became even more proud, he likened Rizal to
Joseph, the dreamer

TEENAGE INTEREST IN READING

 Summer of 1874 when Rizal began to take interest in reading love stories and romantic
tales
 His firs favorite novel was Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (suffering s of
Edmond Dantes in prison, his spectacular escape from the dungeon of 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)
 He persuaded his father to buy him a costly set of Universal
History by Cesar Cantu (this valuable work was of great aid in
his studies and enable 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 (he observed the defects of Spanish colonization and
predicted that someday Spain would lose the Philippines and
that America would come to succeed her as colonizer

THIRD YEAR in ATENEO (1874-75)

 Shortly after the opening of classes, his mother arrived and told him that she was
released from prison, as he had predicted during his last visit to her prison cell
 Despite the happiness, Rizal did not do so excellently in his studies as in the previous
year, although his grades remained excellent
 He won only one medal – in Latin; he failed to win a medal in Spanish because he was
not fluent with the language; he was beaten by a Spaniard
 At the end of the school year he returned to Calamba; he was not impressed by his
scholastic work

FOURTH YEAR in ATENEO (1875-76)

 Went back after a refreshing summer vacation
 On June 16 he became an interno
 One of his professors was Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez, a great educator and
scholar; he inspired Rizal to study poetry; Rizal considered him as his best professor

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(his model of uprightness, earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils);
inspired him to return his zest for his studies
 He topped in all his subjects and won 5 medals at the end of the school term
 He was happy to have repaid his father somewhat for his sacrifices

LAST YEAR AT THE ATENEO (1876-77)

 His studies continued to fare well; he excelled in all his subjects
 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.
 He was the most brilliant Atenean of his time, truly the pride of the Jesuits
 On his Commencement Day, March 23, 1877, he received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, with the highest honors

RIZAL’S EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES in ATENEO

 An emperor inside the classroom, a student leader outside
 An active member, and later secretary of the Marian Congregation, a religious society
 A member of the Academy of Spanish Literature and the Academy of Natural Sciences
(for gifted Ateneans only)
 He studied painting under the famous Spanish painter Agustin Saez, and sculpture
under Romualdo de Jesus, noted Filipino sculptor
 Engaged in gymnastics and fencing to develop his weak body under the training of Tio
Manuel

RIZAL’S FIRST ROMANCE

 He was 16, shortly after his graduation, he experienced his
first romance
 Girl was Segunda Katigbak, a pretty 14 year old from Lipa
 She was short, with eyes that were persuasive and
passionate and leisurely at times, rosy cheeked, with an enchanting
and provocative smile, the air of a fairy, mysterious
 One Sunday he visited his maternal grandmother who
lived in Trozo, Manila; accompa nied by his friend Mariano Katigbak
 His grandmother’s guests, who were mostly college students, knew of his painting so
they urged him to do Segunda’s painting; he complied and made a pencil sketch of her;
he blushed everytime she looked at him.

Poems written by Jose Rizal an an Atenean

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 Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration)

 Felicitacion (Felicitation)
 El Embarque: Himno a la Flota de Magallanes (The Departure: Hymn to
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Describe the Jesuit’s system of education during Jose Rizal’s time. Explain how did
the hero benefit from it?
CODE=M5ACT1

MEDICAL STUDIES at the UNIVERSITY of SANTO TOMAS

• After his first year of a course in Philosophy and Letters, he transferred to the medical
course
• He remained loyal to Ateneo
• Continued to participate in extra-curricular activities
• He won more literary laurels and had other romances with pretty girls and fought
against
Spanish students
• Bachelor of Arts was equivalent only to the high school and junior courses
• Paciano and Don Francisco wanted Rizal to pursue higher studies
• “Don’t send Rizal to Manila. He knows enough. If he gets to know more, the Spaniards will
cut off his head”- Dona Teodora
• Don Francisco told Paciano to accompany Jose to Manila
• Rizal was surprised why his mother should object to his desire for a university
education
• “Did my mother perhaps have a foreboding of what would happen to me? Does a
mother’s heart really have a second sight?”, Rizal
• Rizal entered the University of Santo Tomas in April 1877
• He was 16 years old then
• He first took up Philosophy and letters because his father liked it and he was still
uncertain as to what career to pursue and per the advice of Fr. Pablo Ramon, Rector of
Ateneo
• First year, he studied cosmology, metaphysics, theodicy, and history of philosophy

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• Took medicine the following year t because he wanted to cure his mother’s growing
blindness

RIZAL FINISHES SURVEYING COURSE in ATENEO

• He studied in Ateneo
• Surveying course
• Perito agrimensor
• He excelled in all subjects in the surveying course
• At the age of 17, he passed the examination
• He could not be granted the title because he was too young
• It was issued to him November 25, 1881
• He remained loyal to the Ateneo
• The Jesuits loved him ad inspired him to ascend to greater heights of knowledge
• He continued to participate in Ateneo’s extra-curricular activities

RIZAL’S ROMANCES with OTHER GIRLS

Watch this Youtube video

Ang lovelife ni Rizal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gcpzAX43G8

• After losing Segunda Katigbak, he courted a girl from Calamba

• He described Miss L as fair with seductive and attractive eyes
• He stopped his wooing because of the sweet memory of Segunda was still fresh in his
heart and his father did not like the family of Miss L.
• During his second year, he boarded in the house of Dona Concha Leyva in Intramuros
• Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela from Pagsanjan Laguna were their
neighbors.
• Leonor Valenzuela (Orang) was their daughter
• He courted Leonor
• He sent her love notes written in invisible inks
• Leonor Rivera
• 1879 he lived in Casa Tomasina at No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas Intramuros
• Landlord, Uncle Antonio Rivera
• Leonor was a schoolmate of Soledad at La Concordia College
• They became engaged
• She used Taimis as her pet name

RIZAL BECAME a VICTIM of SPANISH BRUTALITY

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• Rizal encountered a Spanish Lieutenant

• He did not salute or say courteous Good evening so the Lieutenant got angry
• He whipped out his sword and slashed Rizal on the back
• He reported it to the Governor-General and failed to obtain justice
• “I went to the Governor-general but i could not obtain justice. My wound last for two
weeks.” - Rizal to Blumentritt

RIZAL’S WORKS in UST

• 1879 Literary contest
• Artistico-Literario of Manila, Society of Literary Men and Artists
• Best poem for native or a mestizo
• Rizal was 18 then
• His entry, A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)
• The board of Judges was impressed and gave the first prize to Rizal
• Silver pen, a feather-shaped and decorated with a gold ribbon
• Rizal in this poem, beseeched the Filipino youth to rise from lethargy, to let their
genius fly swifter than the wind and descend with arts and science
to break the chains that have long bound the spirit of the people
• It is a classic in Philippine literature because:
• 1. it was the first great poem written by a Filipino, whose merit was recognized by
Spanish literary authorities and it expresses for the first time the nationalistic concept
that Filipinos and not the foreigners were the fair hope of the Fatherland
• In 1880 another literary contest was held
• To commemorate the centennial of the death of Cervantes, Spain’s glorified man of
letters and famous author of Don Quixote
• It was opened to both Filipinos and Spaniards
• Many participated in the contests- priests, newspapermen, scholars, and professors
• He submitted an allegorical drama entitled, “El Consejo delos Dioses”
• The judges were Spaniards
• They awarded the first prize to Rizal
• Spanish community in Manila protested
• The prize was awarded to Rizal- a gold ring on which was engraved the bust of
Cervantes
• A Spanish writer, D.N. del Puzo, was the second
• For the first time in history, an Indio, a nineteen year old Filipino excelled in a national
literary contest
• Proved the fallacy of the alleged superiority of the Spaniards over the Filipinos who
could hold his own against foreigners.
• It was a literary masterpiece based on Greek classics.
• He sought the assistance of the Jesuits in securing the needed references.
• The allegory established a parallel among Homer, Virgil, and Cervantes.

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• The gods discuss the comparative merits of these great writers and finally decided to
give the trumpet to Homer, the lyre to Virgil, and the laurel to Cervantes
• Junto Al Pasig (Zarzuela) staged by the Ateneans on Dec 8, 1880 during the celebration
of the Immaculate Conception, their patron saint
• A Filipinas, a sonnet for the Society of Sculptors where he urged the Filipino artist to
glorify the Philippines
• 1879, he composed a poem Abd el Azis y Mahoma which was declaimed by the
Ateneans
• 1881, he wrote a poem, Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon
• Summer of 1881, he went on a pilgrimage to the town of Pakil, famous shrine of the
Birhen de los Dolores
• He was accompanied by sisters Saturnina, Maria, and Trinidad
• They stayed in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Regalado, whose son Nicolas was
Rizal’s friend in Manila
• He was fascinated by the famous Turumba festival, the people
dancing in the streets during the procession in honor of the
miraculous Birhen Maria delos Dolores
• In Pakil, he was infatuated by a pretty girl colegiala, Vicenta
Ybardolaza, who played the harp.
• They visited Pagsanjan because it was the native town of Leonor
Valenzuela, and to see the Pagsanjan Falls

Through a power point presentation, present a summary of your accomplishment as a student.

CODE=M5ACT2

RIZAL WAS UNHAPPY in UST

• 1880, he founded a secret society of Filipino students in the University of the Santo
Tomas,
Companerismo
• Members were called companions of Jehu, after the valiant Hebrew general who fought
the Armeneans and ruled the kingdom of Israel for 28 years
• He was the chief and his cousin Galicano Apacible was secretary
• The Dominican professors were hostile to him
• The Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards
• The method of instruction was obsolete and repressive
• Dominicans humiliated and insulted the students
• Because of the unfriendly attitude of his professors failed to win high scholastic honors
• After finishing the fourth years of medical course, he decided to study abroad

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• His older brother readily approved his going to Spain and so did with Saturnina, Lucia,
uncle Antonio and Valenzuela family
• Parents and Leonor Rivera did not know about this
• Professors in Spain were more liberal

Did you experience bullying or discrimination as a student? Or do you know someone who
had this experience? Propose ways to deal with the situation.
CODE=M5ACT3

Suggested readings:
https://www.phjesuits.org/portal/the-jesuits/jesuits-in-the-philippines/
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/915692/did-you-know-first-dominicans-in-ph
http://www.ust.edu.ph/about/history/
https://www.ateneo.edu/history#:~:text=The%20Ateneo%20de%20Manila%20University,for
%20the%20city%20of%20Manila.&text=While%20primarily%20missionaries%2C%20they
%20were,Jesuit%20education%20formulated%20about%201559.
https://www.apa.org/topics/bullying/

Assignment (CODE=M4ASS1)
Reflection journal

Assessment of Learning (CODE=M4EVAL1)

For the self-regulated assessment of what you had learned from this module, please accomplish the
quiz and assignment posted in our Google Classroom and be able to submit it on or before due date.

1. Research on the differences on the educational system then and now. Construct an essay detailing
your stance on which is suited for the Filipinos.

2. Write a heartfelt one-page letter addressed to Teodora Alonzo convincing her to allow you go to
college.

3. Discuss how was Rizal as a Thomasian student.

References

Books:
De Viana, A.V. (2019). Laong Laan. A guide for the study and understanding of life and contributions of
Jose Rizal to the Philippine nationhood and society. Books Atbp.Publishing Corp.
Solmerano, E.T., Palencia, M.M., Ondevilla, M.K. & Galicia, R.D (2017). Reading Rizal. A literary
approach on the study of the life and works of Dr. Jose Rizal. Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc.
Zaide, G.F & Zaide, S.M. (1994). Jose Rizal: Life, works, and writings of a genius, writer, scientist, and
national hero. All Nations Publishing Co., Inc.

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Online sources:
https://www.phjesuits.org/portal/the-jesuits/jesuits-in-the-philippines/
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/915692/did-you-know-first-dominicans-in-ph
http://www.ust.edu.ph/about/history/
https://www.ateneo.edu/history#:~:text=The%20Ateneo%20de%20Manila%20University,for
%20the%20city%20of%20Manila.&text=While%20primarily%20missionaries%2C%20they
%20were,Jesuit%20education%20formulated%20about%201559.
https://www.apa.org/topics/bullying/

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ePUUGQGeyg&t=606s

Congratulations for having completed this module!

See you in the next module

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