2nd year in Ateneo

1st

His 1st professor was Fr. Jose

YEAR in Ateneo

He studied very hard thus he

Bech He was an externo, thus he was assigned in Carthaginian, occupying the end of the line At the end of the month, he became the emperor and he received a religious picture the 1st prize he ever won in Ateneo To improve his Spanish he took private lesson in Sta. Isabel during noon recess for 3 pesos At the end of the year he placed second but still marked excellent

became emperor once more At the end of the year he received excellent grades and a gold medal During one of his summer vacation, when he visited his mother, the latter told him of her dream and Rizal interpreted the dream that she would be released from prison in 3 months and his prophecy came true He loves reading and his 1st favorite novel was The Count Of Monte Cristo which is about the sufferings of Edmond Dantes in prison, his escape and the finding of buried treasure and dramatic revenge on his enemies

 3rd year in Ateneo

It was in this year when his

Last year in Ateneo

He

mother visited him after she was released from prison He did not study hard thus he won only one medal in Latin but his grades were all excellent
4th year in Ateneo
He became an interno and

obtained the highest grades in all subjects At the age of 16, he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts with highest honors
Rizal

he was inspired by Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez whom Rizal considered as his best professor in Ateneo He topped all his classmates in all subjects and won 5 medals

was not mere bookworm, he was an active member of Marian Congregation, a member of the Academy of Spanish Literature and the Academy of natural Science He also wrote poems He was engaged in fencing and gymnastics

 He carved an image of

Through Education Our

the Virgin Mary with his pocket knife and was even asked by Fr. Lleonart to carve Sacred Heart. Some of the significant poems written by Rizal were:
My First Inspiration it

was dedicated for her mother on her birthday

Motherland Receives Light which depicts the significant role that education plays in the progress and welfare of our nations The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and good Education that showed the importance of religion in education. To him education without God is not true education

 Rizal at the age of 16

experienced his first romance The girl was Segunda Katigbak He met her at his grandmothers house At the that very moment he was asked by visitors to sketch her and Rizal recalled that from time to time , she looked at me and I blushed

Segunda was studying at

La Concordia College where his sister Olimpia was a boarding student Thus, he came to know her better there but although it was a love at first sight, it was hopeless because Segunda was already engaged to be married to her town mate Manuel Luz

 After

graduating from Ateneo, he had to go to UST for higher studies. His mother opposed at first she knew what happened to GOMBURZA , she said Dont send him to Manila again, he knows enough. If he gets to know more, the Spaniards will cut off his head

He enrolled in UST taking up

Philosophy and Letter for 2 reasons:

His father liked it He was still uncertain as to

what career to pursue (he asked the advised of Fr. Pablo Ramon (Rector of Ateneo) but it was late. And upon learning that he was advised to take up medicine, he took up medicine, simultaneously in the preparatory medical course and the regular 1st year medical course

 During his 1st year in UST,

he also studied vocational course leading to the title of Expert Surveyor At the age of 17, he obtained gold medals in agriculture and topography and passed the final examination in surveying course but was not granted the title because he was below age, he was granted the title only in the year 1881, he was 20 to 21 years old.

 After

losing Segunda Katigbak, he paid court to a young woman of Calamba describing her as fair with seductive and attractive eyes. But after several times of wooing her , he stopped and the romance died a natural death.

He gave two reasons:

The sweet memory of

Segunda was still fresh His father did not like the family of Ms. L

 then

came Leonor Valenzuela, a tall girl from Pagsanjan, Laguna. Rizal send her love notes written in invisible ink, that could only be deciphered over the warmth of the lamp or candle. He visited her on the eve of his departure to Spain and bade her a last goodbye.

 His cousin from Calamba She

was the pretty daughter, a student at La Concordia College She had a beautiful romance with Rizal They became engaged She usually signed her name as Taimis

 Victim

of Spanish Excellent Literary works Officers Brutality of Rizal When he failed to greet To The Filipino Youth a Guardia Civil because won 1st prize in Artisticit was very dark, he was Literary Lyceum brutally slashed by the Council Of the Gods latter won 1st prize which defeated Spanish writers

 Champion

Students

of

Filipino

Rizal was unhappy in UST:

Because

Filipinos

were often insulted by the Spaniards calling them Indio, chongo and they retaliated calling the Spaniards Kastila Bangus This often leads to school brawls which involves Rizal He founded the secret society of UST students called Companerismo

the Dominican professors were hostile to him The Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards The method of teaching is obsolete Science subjects do not have laboratory experiments And laboratory apparatuses were kept for show cases but not to be touched by students

 After finishing 4th year,

His parents and beloved

Rizal decided to continue his studies in Spain. His older brother Paciano, approved his plan and so did his sisters Saturnina and Lucia He left the country in the name of Jose Mercado

Leonor did not know he left but they were given letter right he left.

In his letter to his father, he wrote: But as God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot exempt myself from this duty and small though it be, I too have a mission to fulfill, as for example: alleviating the suffering of my fellow men . I realize that all his mean sacrifices and terrible ones. I imagine the pain which I must give you, but I feel something that obliges and impels me to leave. I shall strive with fate, and I shall win or lose. Gods will be done.