The Study of Rizal Course

 

GEd 103

LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

 

The Study of Rizal Rizal Course: Reverence Reverence Without Unde Understanding rstanding

 

REPUBLIC ACT 1425

Otherwise known RIZAL LAW.

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He sponsored the said law. law.

It mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of Rizal in all schools in the

He stated that Rizal was the founder of Filipino nationality and the architect of the Filipino nation, there is a need to know and imbibe the great ideals and

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 principles for which he died.

 

GOALS IN THE TEACHING OF RIZAL COURSE IN HEIs: To recognize the relevance of Rizal’s ideals, thoughts, teachings, and life values to  present conditions in the community. community. To apply Rizal’s ideas in the solution of day-to-day situations and problems in contemporary life. To develop an understanding and appreciation of the qualities, behavior and character of Rizal. To foster the development of moral character, personal discipline, citizenship and vocational efficiency among the Filipino youth.

 

RIZAL, AN AMERICAN SPONSORED HERO  RIZAL, AN AMERICAN SPONSORED SPONSORED HERO WHO  MADE RIZAL THE FOREMOST NATIONAL NATIONAL  HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES  PHILIPPINES 

In the Philippines our national hero, Jose Rizal was not a man of war but a man of  peace. Why not Bonifacio, considering that he led the revolution of 1896 against Spain? Who chose Rizal to be our country’s national hero? Why is Rizal our greatest national hero?

 

UNDERSTANDING UNDERST ANDING THE CONCEPT OF A HER HERO O

 

“HERO” A prominent or central personage taking an admirable part in any remarkable action or event. (W (Webster ebster Dictionary) A personinofsuffering. distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude A man honored after death by public worship, because of exceptional service to mankind.

 

CONSTANTINO (1969) claims that Rizal was an Americansponsored hero. The TAFT COMMISSION of 1901 stated that, not the Filipino  people chose Rizal to become our country’s country’s national hero. The contenders for the title then as National Hero were: Rizal, Aguinaldo, Bonifacio, Mabini.

 

The decision to sponsor Rizal was implemented with the enactment of the following legislations by the Philippine Commission: ACT # 137  – which organized a politico-military district and named it as the

 province of Rizal in honor of the most illustrious Filipino. ACT # 243  – which authorized a public subscription for the erection of a monument in honor of Rizal at Luneta. ACT # 345  – which set aside the anniversary of Rizal’ Rizal’ss death as a day of observance.

 

AGONCILLO (1986)  – pointed out that Rizal was acceptable as a national hero to the Americans because he was a symbol of

assimilation, which was the American Policy then in the Philippines.

 

Unfortunately, there are still some Filipinos who entertain the belief that our Rizal is a “made-to-order” national hero, and that the maker or manufacturer in this case were the Americans, particularly Civil Governor William Howard Taft. Rizal himself, his own people, and the foreigners all together contributed to make him the greatest hero & martyr of his people.

 

CONSTANTINO said that there were other factors, which contributed to Rizal’s acceptability as the official hero of the Philippines:

Rizal was already dead at the time the Americans began their aggression in the Philippines.  No embarrassing anti-American quotations could ever be attributed to Rizal. Rizal’s dramatic martyrdom had already made him the symbol of Spanish oppression.

 

In the words of CONSTANTINO (1969) – Rizal is a hero in the sense that: He was able to see the problems generated by historical forces, discern the new social needs created by the historical development of new social relationships, and take an active part in meeting these needs. He served the Filipino people by consciously articulating the unconscious course of events.

 

GUERRERO (1998)  – asserts that it is the Filipinos who have chosen Rizal to be the symbol of our nationalism as a people even before he died. In

choosing Rizal as our Filipino national hero, a number of conclusions can be drawn: Since the Filipinos love peace, they have chosen to magnify a man of peace above the men of war. Because Filipinos are lovers of freedom and justice, they have given their worship to a man who gave up all comforts and pleasures of peace for their sake. Filipinos prize virtue more than victory, and sacrifice above success.

 

To GUERRERO (1998 (1998)) – Rizal was the first Filipino, because: It was Rizal who first called the Philippines his fatherland.

It was hewho whowere taught his countrymen that nation. they could be something else, Filipinos members of the Filipino He was the first to work towards the unification of the Philippine archipelago into a compact and homogenous body based on common interests and mutual protection.

 

RIZAL, PIONEER, ASIAN NATIONALIST LEADER 

 

Rizal was born in the decade when other nationalist leaders of Asia were  born: MOHANDAS GANDHI, RABINDARANATH RABINDARANATH TAGORE, and SUN YAT-SEN.

According to COATES (1968) – all the four challenged the West.

Of the four, Rizal was the most remarkable because his ideas matured at an early age. DE OCAMPO (1969) - said that Rizal was the first exponent of Asian nationalism since he was the source of inspiration for the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution of 1896.

 

FISHER 1962 EVEN CALLED RIZAL THE PIONEER EXPONENT OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN ASIA. THESE IDEAS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: The worth and dignity of the individual. The inviolability of human rights. •

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The innate equality of all men and races. The necessity for constitutional government. Due process of law. Popular sovereignty as the basis of all Faith in human reason and enlightenment. The rights of the masses to public education. Belief in social progress through freedom.

political authority. authority.

 

Rizal was principles the first Asian leader to assert that ideas and be established in Asia forthe theaforementioned benefit of the Asians. It was through Rizal that the basic tenets of modern and social democracy were given a major voice in Asia for the first time. Thus, Rizal deserves to NATIONALIST NA TIONALIST LEADER. L EADER.

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FOUR MAJOR IN THE LIFE OF PERIODS

RIZAL

 

FIRST PERIOD (1861-1872) This was the period when the young Rizal learned how to read, write and listen to stories that triggered imaginative and critical thinking on his part. It was a period when the following values and virtues were developed in him, such as: INDUSTRIOUSNESS instead of IDLENESS; CREATIVENESS instead of UNPRODUCTIVE-NESS; RATIONALITY instead of BLIND ACCEPTANCE; DIGNITY instead of SERVILITY. SERVILITY.

 

SECOND PERIOD (1872-1882)

This was the first turning point in the life of Rizal. He was 11 years and was enrolled at Ateneo Ateneo Municipal, despite the objection of his mother. It was the period when Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora were unjustly executed by the Spanish government.

 

OTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN HIS LIFE DURING THIS PERIOD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Strengthening of his religious foundation. Cultivation of the drive toward excellence. • •

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Conception of the Philippines as his fatherland. Envisioning the Philippines receiving light thru education. Perception of the intimate between religion and education.

 

THIRD PERIOD (1872-1882)

This was the second major turning point in the life of Rizal. It was this time that Rizal decided to leave the Philippines to escape persecution. He went to Europe and everywhere he went, Rizal was always an observer and a student, learning from everything he saw, read, and heard.

 

He urged the Filipino colony in Spain to prove that Filipinos can compete with the Europeans in intellect and talent. During this period, Rizal took part in the Propaganda Movement, based in Europe.

 

FOURTH FOUR TH PERIOD (1872-1882 (1872-1882))

This was the last turning point in the life of our national hero,  before his martyrdom on December 30, 1896. Rizal was exiled in Dapitan. It was here in Dapitan, where Rizal demonstrated what an individual can do and accomplish within a short period of time. It was here where he detached his connection with politics and devoted more of his time in  practical service and usefulness to the community. community.