EARLY

EDUCATION IN
CALAMBA AND
BIAN
 The Heros First Teacher
Doa Teodora
Joses first non-formal teacher
On her lap, Jose learned prayers and
the alphabet at the age of three
 Private Tutors of Rizal
Maestro Celestino Joses first private
tutor
Maestro Lucas Padua - second private
tutor
Maestro Leon Monroy - heros tutor in
Spanish and Latin. He was a classmate of
Don Francisco.
 Jose Goes to Bian

June 1869 Jose goes to

Bian with Paciano

Carromata the mode of

transportation
 First Day in School

Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz

formal teacher in Binan

Rizal described Maestro Justiniano as tall,

thin, long-necked, sharp-nosed, with a
body slightly bent forward
 First School Brawl

Pedro (the teachers son)

wrestling

Andres Salandanan
arm wrestling
 Painting Lessons in Bian

Juancho painter who freely gave Jose

painting lessons

Jose Rizal and his classmate Jose

Guevarra became apprentices of Juancho
 Daily Life in Bian
Joses daily routine:
Hears mass at 4 a.m. or studies lesson
before going to mass
Goes to orchard to look for mabolo to eat
Breakfast
Goes to class at 10 a.m.
Lunch break
Goes back to school at 2 p.m.
 Daily Life in Bian
Goes home at 5 p.m.
Prays with cousins
Studies lessons, then draws a little
Has supper
Prays again
Plays in the street if moon is bright
Sleeps
 Best Student in School
Jose surpassed his classmates in Spanish,
Latin and other subjects

His older classmates were jealous and

squealed to the teacher whenever he had
fights
 End of Bian Schooling
December 17, 1870 Jose left Bian
Talim the steamer that Jose rode
Arturo Camps a Frenchman and a
friend of Don Francisco, he took care of
Jose during the trip
 Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
January 20, 1872 Cavite mutiny

February 17, 1872 Fathers Mariano

Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora
were implicated and executed
 Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
The martyrdom of the
three priests inspired
Rizal to fight the evils
of Spanish tyranny
In 1891, Rizal
dedicated his second
novel El
Filibusterismo to
GOMBURZA
 Injustice to the Heros Mother
In 1872, Doa Teodora was arrested on a
malicious charge that she aided his
brother Jose Alberto in trying to poison
his wife

Jose Alberto planned to divorce his wife

because of her infidelity
 Injustice to the Heros Mother

Jose Albertos wife connived with the

Spanish lieutenant of the Guardia Civil
and filed a case against Rizals mother

Antonio Vivencio del Rosario

gobernadorcillo of Calamba, helped the
lieutenant arrest Doa Teodora
 Injustice to the Heros Mother
50 kilometers Doa 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 Doa Teodora in court
After 2 years the Royal Audiencia
acquitted Doa Teodora