RIZAL’S EDUCATION TRAVEL o Writing essays and poems

I. Ateneo o Debate
 Previously called Escuela Pia or Charity o Active Leader
o Carved “The Virgin Mary” on a
School of Manila (1817) -> Ateneo
piece of batikuling
Municipal (1859) -> Ateneo de
 Interest in Reading
Manila
o The count of Monte Cristo
 1872 – Rizal was sent to Manila to
(Alexander Dumas)
study in Ateneo o Travels in the Philippines (Dr.
o Fr. Magin Fernando – college Feodor Jagor)
registrar who refused to admit o Universal History (Cesar Cantus)
Rizal because:  Dona Teodora was released from
 Late for registration prison after 3 months just like what
 Sickly and undersized for his happened in her dream that was told
age (11 yrs old)
to Rizal
 Jesuit System – advanced educational
Rizal as a Junior Student
system
 He showed exceptional academic
o Divided into two groups:
excellence
 Roman Empire
 Consistently achieved high ranks,
 Interno (boarders)
often at the top
 Carthaginian Empire
 Model student known for his discipline
 Externo (non-boarders)
and dedication
o Positions:
 Developed a deep interest in literature
1st: Emperor
2nd: Tribune and the arts which influence his later
3rd: Decurion works
4th: Centurion  Showed a deep sense of nationalism
5th: Standard-Bearer inspired by the injustices
 3 mistakes could lose  Began writing poetry and essays
their position  Practiced visual arts demonstrating
Rizal as a Freshmen Student (1872) skill in drawing
 Fr. Jose Bech – first professor  Actively participated in drawing and
 After a month he became the sculpture
“emperor” and was considered as the Rizal as a Senior Student (1877)
brightest pupil  Graduated with highest honors in 1877
 Awarded a prize “A Religious Picture” receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree
 ** Sta. Isabel College  Wrote “El Conde de Monte-Cristo”
o Rizal spent his leisure hours by  Had a highest affection and respect for
taking Spanish lesson Father Sanchez whom he considered
o Paid three pesos per Spanish lesson his best professor in Ateneo
 March 1873 – returned to Calamba but  Wrote “Through Education, the
didn’t enjoy as his mother was in Country Receives Light” poem
prison at Sta. Cruz
Rizal as a Sophomore Student (1873-1874)
 Received excellent grades in all his
subjects
 Gold medal as a diligent student and
voracious reader
 Became an emperor RIZAL’S EDUCATION/TRAVEL
 Extracurricular Activities II. UST
 - Enrolled at the University of Santo o Basilio Teodoro Moran – friend of
Tomas (UST) in 1877 Rizal and the publisher of Diariong
- Pursued a course in Philosophy and Tagalog
Letters but later switched to Medicine  May 26, 1882 – Paciano advised Rizal
 Experiences of Rizal to finish his medical course in Madrid
o Academic Struggles  Nov. 8, 1882
o Racial Discrimination o Enrolled in the Universidad
o Development of Nationalism Central de Madrid where he took
o Academic Excellence courses in Philosophy and
o Literary Pursuits Literature
o Extracurricular Involvement  Studied painting and sculpting
o Recognition of Academic Experiences in Madrid
Performance  Continued to pursue his studies
 Values Developed  Took lessons in French, German, and
o Resilience and Determination English
o Commitment to Education  Vice Rizal had was lottery
o Nationalism and Social Justice  Circulo Hispano-Filipino
o Critical Thinking o Society of Spaniards and Filipinos
III. Europe (1882-1885)  Mi Piden Versus (They Ask Me for
 Aside from completing his studies in Verses)
Spain, he has his “secret mission” o Requested by the society members
o To observe keenly the life and o Declaimed the poem in New Year’s
culture, languages and customs, Eve
industries and commerce, and Paris (1883)
government and laws of the  Visited during his summer vacation
European Nations  “Costliest Capital in Europe”
 Rizal Mercado – name used by Rizal  Laennec Hospital – Rizal observed the
 May 3, 1882 – went aboard the examination of different diseases of
Spanish Steamer “Salvadora” bound women
for Singapore  March 1883 – joined the Masonic
 Donato Lecha – ship captain from Lodge called Acacia in Madrid
Spain who befriended Rizal Return in Madrid (1884-1885)
 May 9, 1882 – docked at Singapore  June 21, 1884 – completed his medical
 Djemnah – French ship boarded on his course in Spain; Degree of
journey to Colombo Licentiate in Medicine
 June 11, 1882 – arrived in the City of  June 19, 1885 – awarded the Degree
Naples of Licentiate in Philosophy and
o First European Ground he set foot Letters with the rating of
on Sobresaliente
 June 16, 1882 – reached his
destination
 Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
o First written article on Spain which
was a nationalistic essay
o Laong Laan
o Appeared in print in Diariong
Tagalog – August 10, 1882
 Los Viajes (Travels)
o Second written article
RIZAL’S EDUCATION/TRAVEL  Vienna, Austria
IV. France and Germany (1885-1887)  Lintz
 Other Places in Germany
Rizal in Paris
 Geneva, Switzerland
 Practiced Ophthalmology
V. First Homecoming
 Visited Maximo Viola
 Left Rome by train for Marseilles, a
 Became an assistant
French seaport
ophthalmologist of Dr. Louis de
 Boarded the streamer Djemnah
Wecker
 Streamer was going to Asia passing
 Met Juan Luna and Paz Pardo Tavera
the historic “Suez Canal” and
 Learned to read Solfeggio and play
heading to Saigon, Vietnam
flute and piano
 Transferred to another steamer
 “Blood Compact”
Haiphong which is bound to Manila
 “The Death of Cleopatra”
on July 3
 “The Monkey and the Turtle”
 Arrived in Manila on August 5, 1887
Rizal in Germany
Primary Reasons
 Feb 3, 1886 – arrived in Heidelberg
1. To operates mother’s eyes
o Amazed with the flowers where he
dedicated “A Flores de Heidelberg”
2. To serve his people
o Became an ophthalmologist for Dr. 3. To know why Leonor remained silent
Otto Becker 4. To see the impact of Noli in the
 August 9, 1886 – left Heidelberg Filipinos and Spaniards
 August 16, 1886 – arrived in Leipzig  Returned in Calamba
o Work as a proofreader in publishing o August 8, 1887
firm in Germany o Established a medical clinic
o Met Dr. Feodor Jagor o Called “Doctor Uliman”
 Became a recognized member of the o Opened a gymnasium for young
Anthropological Society, Ethnological folks and introduce European
Society, and Geographical Society of Sports
Berlin  Governor-General Emilio Terrero
 Wrote Tagalische Verkunst - Gave Rizal a bodyguard
 Stayed in Berlin to enhance his o Lieutenant Don Jose Taviel de
knowledge about ophthalmology Andrade
Creation of Noli me Tangere  Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
- Inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s - Only Spanish who defended Rizal’s
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Noli me Tangere in public
- Maximo Viola founded the Rizal’s Achievements
publication of the novel where 1. Educational Contribution
2000 copies were printed for 300 2. Medical Contribution
pesos 3. Strengthening Nationalism
- Dedicated the novel to his  Before he travel abroad, Rizal wrote
fatherland “Himmo Al Trabajo” (Hymn to
 May 11, 887 – Grand Tour in Europe Labor)
GRAND TOUR IN EUROPE o Requested by the people
 Berlin, Germany (May 11, 1887)
 Dresden, Germany
 Teschen, Germany
 Leitmeritz, Czech Republic
 Prague, Czech Republic
 Brunn, Germany
RIZAL’S EDUCATION/TRAVEL
VI. Hongkong, Macau, and Japan o Permitted to go ashore and
Hongkong registered for a room at Palace
 Forcefully left Philippines in February Hotel
o Stayed in San Francisco for two
1888 due to gaining enemies because
days
of his book Noli
- May 6 – left San Francisco for
 Feb. 3,1888
Oakland
o Left Hongkong aboard the ship Kui
- May 7 – glamorized by American high-
Kang
pressure propaganda as “The Biggest
 Feb 8, 1888
Little City” in the world (Nevada)
o Stopped over Amoy or Xiamen
- May 13
today
o arrived at Albany
 Rizal did not get off because he
 A big city
was unwell
o Grand Transcontinental Trip
o Arrived in Hongkong
ended
 Welcomed by Jose Ma. Basa,
o Arrived at New York
Balbino Mauricio, Manuel
Yriarte - May 16
o Being spied by Jose Sainz de o Left New York for Liverpool,
Veranda England on board the City of
Rome, the largest ship in
 Former secretary of Gov-Gen
Terrero
the world
Macau VIII. England and France
 Feb 18, 1888 London, England
o Together with Jose Ma. Basa  Reasons he chose to stay in London
boarded a ferry Kiu Kiang for o To improve his English language
Macau o To study and annotate Antonio
 Macau was not as prosperous Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas
or as busy as Hongkong Filipinas
 Feb 21, 1888 o Safest place for him to carry on his
o Returned to Hongkong again with fight
Kiu Kiang  Aboard the ship City of Rome
Japan o Entertained passengers with the
- Traveled to Japan from February to marvelous skills of yoyo
April 1888  May 24, 1888 – arrived at Liverpool,
 Stayed in Tokyo England
 Fell in love with a Japanese girl, Seiko o Spent his night at Adelphi Hotel
Usui  May 25, 1888 – went to London
 He had to sacrifice his own happiness o Stayed as guest at the home of Dr.
to carry on his work Antonio Ma. Regidor
 He was mistaken as a Europeanized  End of May
Japanese o Became a boarder of the Becketts
 45 days  Dr. Reinhold Rost
VII. USA (April 28, 188 – May 16, o Called Rizal as “Pearl of Man”
1888)  Greatest Achievement
o Annotating of Morga’s Book
- Boarded the Belgic, an English
Short Visit in Paris and Spain
Steamer, at Yokohama bound for
 Paris
US
o Sept 1888 – searched for more
- April 28, 1888 – docked at San
historical materials in the
Francisco
Bibliotheque Nationale
- May 4, 1999
 Spain
 o Dec 11, 1888 – met Marcelo del  The Philippines within a Century Hence
Pilar and Mariano Ponce  The Indolence of the Filipinos

Return in London
 Becomes leader of Filipinos in Europe
o Asocacion La Solidaridad
o Chosen as an honorary president
 Feb 15, 1889 – Graciano Lopez Jaena
founded La Solidaridad in Barcelona
o Organ of the propaganda
movement
 March 25, 1889 – Rizal published his
first article entitles “Los Agricultores
Filipinos”
 “Young Women of Malolos”
 “La Vision del Fray Rodriguez”
o Under his name Dimas Alang to
defend his novel
 March 19, 1889 – Rizal left London to
pursue his mission
Universal Exposition in Paris 1889
 March 1889 – Exposition Universelle
 Stayed at Valentin Ventura’s house
where he polished the annotated
edition of Morga’s Book
 May 6, 1889 – Universal Exposition
opened
 Spent most of his time at the national
library
 Filipino Societies
o Kidlat Club
 March 19, 1889
 A social society of a
temporary nature simply to
bring together young
Filipinos in the French
Capital
o Indios Bravos
 Replaced Kidlat Club
 Pledged to excel in
intellectual and physical
prowess
o RDLM Society
 Redencion de los Malayos
(Redemption of the Malays)
 Secret society
 Outstanding achievement
o Annotated edition of Morga
published
o Paris, Liberia de Garnier
Hermanos, 1890