Childhood Years In Calamba 681x2o

Childhood Years in Calamba • Jose Rizal had many beautiful memories of childhood in his native town • He grew up in a happy home, ruled by good parents and sanctified by God’s blessings • Rizal loved Calamba with all his heart and soul • When he was 15 years old and was a student of Ateneo de Manila, he wrote a poem Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)

• Rizal was a frail, sickly, and undersized child, so, he was given the tenderest care by is parents and was in happy days in their garden • Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer • The many tales told by his aya(yaya, like asuang, tigbalang, nuno, made Rizal interested in legends and folklore

• The Hero’s First Sorrow - The Rizal children were bound together by ties of love and companionship - Of his sisters, Jose loved most the little Concha (Concepcion) - Unfortunately, Concha died of sickness in 1865 and Jose cried bitterly at losing her - “When I was four years old, I lost my little sister Concha, and then for the first time I shed tears caused by love and grief”

• Devoted Son of the Church - Rizal grew up a good Catholic - At the age of 3, he began to take part in the family prayers - His mother taught him the Catholic prayers - At the age of 5, he was able to read the Spanish family Bible - One of the men he respected during his boyhood was Fr. Leoncio Lopez, the town priest - He used to visit this learned Filipino priest and listen to his opinions on current events

• First Poem of Rizal - Aside from his sketching and sculpturing talent, Rizal possessed a God-given gift for literature - His mother, who was a lover of literature, noticed his poetic inclination and encouraged him to write poetry - At the age of 8, Rizal wrote his first poem “Sa Aking Mga Kababata”

- The poem reveals Rizal’s earliest nationalist sentiment - In poetic verses, he proudly proclaimed that people who truly love their native language will surely strive for liberty - And that Tagalog is the equal of Latin, English, Spanish and other languages

Sa Aking Mga Kababata ni José Rizal  Kapagka ang baya'y sadyang umiibig  Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit,  Sanglang kalayaan nasa ring masapit  Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.

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Pagka't ang salita'y isang kahatulan  Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian,  At ang isang tao'y katulad, kabagay  Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.   • Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita  Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,  Kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa  Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala.  

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Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin  Sa Ingles, Kastila at salitang anghel,  Sapagka't ang Poong maalam tumingin  Ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.   • Ang salita nati'y huwad din sa iba  Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,  Na kaya nawala'y dinatnan ng sigwa  Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.

• Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood - On the night Jose Rizal was born, other children were born all over the Philippines - But why is that out of all these children, only one boy-Jose Rizal- rose to fame and greatness? - It is because of the influences he experienced from childhood up to his death

1. Hereditary Influence -. Inherent qualities which a person inherits from his ancestors and parents -. From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal inherited his love for freedom, his innate desire to travel and his indomitable (determined) courage

- From his Chinese ancestors, Rizal derived his serious nature, frugality (thrift), patience, and love for children - From his Spanish ancestors, Rizal got his elegance of bearing (posture), sensitivity to insult, and gallantry (gentility) to ladies

- From his father, Rizal develop a profound (deep) sense of selfrespect, the love for work, and the habit of independent thinking - From his mother, Rizal inherited his religious nature, the spirit of selfsacrifice, and the ion for arts and literature

2. Environmental Influence - According to psychologists, environment as well as heredity, affects the nature of a person - Environmental influences includes places, associates and events - The scenic beauties of Calamba and the garden of Rizal family stimulated the inborn artistic and literary talents of Jose

- The religious atmosphere at his home fortified (motivated) his religious nature - Paciano instilled in his mind the love for freedom and justice - From his sisters, he learned to be courteous ang kind to women - The fairy tales told by his aya awakened his interest in folklore ang legends

- His three uncles, brothers of his mother, also exerted a good influence on him - His Tio Jose Alberto inspired him to develop his artistic ability, his Tio Manuel encouraged him to develop his frail body by means of physical exercises, and Tio Gregorio intensified his voracious reading of good books - Fr. Leoncio Lopez fostered Jose’s love for scholarship and intellectual honesty

- The sorrows in his family, such as the death of Concha in 1865 and the imprisonment of his mother in 1871-74, contributed to strengthen his character - The Spanish abuses which he witnessed during his boyhood awakened his spirit of nationalism and patriotism

3. Aid of Divine Providence - Greater that heredity and environment in the life of man is the aid of Divine Providence - A person may have everything in life – wealth, brains and power – but without the aid of Divine Providence, he cannot attain greatness and he is useless - Rizal was providentially destined to be the pride and glory of his nation - God endowed him with versatile gifts of a genius, which he used for the love of his country

Seatwork • Study the situations below and answer the corresponding questions: 1. Your teacher Patricio is your favorite because he always teach you and your classmates good attitudes and character inside the class. But one time, you saw him in a videoke bar, drinking liquor and sipping cigarette with his barkadas. Will it change your view towards him? Why? 2. Philip, Jinggoy and Bong are your friends. One time, they asked you to court a girl. And if you win the heart of that girl, you’ll be rewarded by them. Are you going to do it in the name of friendship? Why?