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1. Jose Rizal's childhood was characterized by his strong desire to learn, guided by his mother who was his first teacher. 2. He learned quickly without many books and showed early talents in art, writing poetry, and magic tricks. 3. At age 11, he entered Ateneo Municipal de Manila and excelled in many subjects, developing interests in art, writing, and sciences that lasted his lifetime.

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Rizal Fact Sheet

1. Jose Rizal's childhood was characterized by his strong desire to learn, guided by his mother who was his first teacher. 2. He learned quickly without many books and showed early talents in art, writing poetry, and magic tricks. 3. At age 11, he entered Ateneo Municipal de Manila and excelled in many subjects, developing interests in art, writing, and sciences that lasted his lifetime.

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CHILDHOOD

The childhood of Jose Rizal can be characterized by his desire to learn, even frequenting
the church nearby his home to watch and observed people but to not be religiously inclined. Jose
Rizal was not a physically blessed or strong child. However, he had a strong will guided and taught
by his mother, as his first teacher. He learned almost without the use of books. His mother was the
one who laid the foundation of his great knowledge achieved in such a short time. His brilliance
was also the character of the young Rizal.
Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 at Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child of
Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso y Quintos.
On June 22, 1861, Jose Rizal Mercado was baptized at the Catholic of Calamba by the
parish priest Rev. Rufino Collantes and Rev. Pedro Casanas.
September 28, 1862 – The parochial church of Calamba and the canonical books, and the
book which Rizal’s baptismal record were entered, were burned. In 1864, at 3 years old, Jose Rizal
the alphabet to his mother. 1865, when he was 4 yrs. Old, his sister conception, the eight child in
the Rizal family, died at the age of three.
1865 - 1867 – His mother taught him how to read and write. His father hired a classmate
by the name of Leon Monroy who, for 5 months until his (Monroy) death.
Rizal’s first taste of injustice was when her Mother, Dona Teodora was arbitrarily arrested
on a malicious charge that she allegedly aided her brother, Jose Alberto, in trying to poison
Alberto’s wife. The police forced Dona Teodora to walk barefoot nearly fifty kilometers over a
rough road to the prison at Sta. Cruz. However, it wasn’t until Rizal became a witness of his
brother, Paciano’s great sorrow over the death of his favorite teacher Padre Burgos when the
GOMBURZA were sentenced to death that his sense of justice and nationalism were awakened.
June 6, 1868, Rizal and his father made a pilgrimage to Antipolo to fulfill the vow made
by his mother, to take care the child to the Shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo. 1869, Rizal wrote his
first poem at the age of eight, entitled “Sa Aking Kabata”. The poem was written in Tagalog and
had for its theme “Love of One’s Language”.

EARLY EDUCATION
Jose Rizal’s first teacher was his mother, who had taught him how to read and pray. She
was also the one who had encouraged him to write poetry. He said, “She taught me how to read
and say haltingly the humble prayers which I raised fervently to God.” He learned the Alfabet at
the age of 3.
Later, private tutors – Maestro Celestino and Maestro Lucas Padua taught the young
Rizal Spanish and Latin before he was sent to a private school in Binan. Leon Monroy, an old
man kept by his father Francisco for many months, was tasked with teaching him the beginnings
of Latin.
Uncle Jose Alberto
Youngest brother of Dona Teodora; the one who gave wise direction in the regular
studies of Jose.

Uncle Manuel
A man of athletic belt developed the physique of the young boy Jose. He also taught
him love for open air and developed in him a great admiration for the beauty of nature.

Uncle Gregorio
Is a scholar who instilled in Rizal’s mind, the love for education. He advised Rizal:
“Work hard and perform every task very carefully, learn to be swift as well as thorough;
be independent in thinking, and make visual pictures of everything.”

Jose was designed by nature to be an artist. This he revealed before he was five years of
age, for without any assistance from others, he began to draw with his pencil and to mold in wax
or clay any object that he saw about him. A talent which his parents and uncles recognized and
encouraged. He also showed to have painting ability and he is good in playing magic tricks and
skills in manipulating puppets.
When he was 8 years old, Rizal wrote a poem in Tagalog entitled “Sa Aking mga Kabata”,
as an appeal to his countrymen to love their national language.
At the age of 9, he was sent to Binan to continue his studies in Latin under Maestro
Justiniano Aquino Cruz. Rizal’s school days in Binan was remarkable. His way of life was
methodical and well regulated. He excelled in all his subjects especially Latin and Spanish
languages. Later, Justiano wrote a letter to his parents that it was time to sent Jose to College in
Manila.
He also met Juanco who is an old painter who owned a painting shop where Rizal learned
painting. He gave Rizal lessons in drawing and paintings..
When he was 11 years old, Rizal entered the Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he earned
excellent remarks in subjects like Philosophy, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It was in
this school that he read novels, wrote poetry and practiced drawing, painting, and clay modelling,
all of which remained lifelong interests for him.
When he was 15 years old, Rizal wrote his a poem, “Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo” which
means In Memory of My Town.

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