Module 6 :The Philippines a Century hence

Indolence of the Filipinos

Letter to the Women of Malolos
• His defense of the native’s pride and dignity as people, Rizal wrote
three significant essays while abroad:

1. The Philippines a Century hence

2. Indolence of the Filipinos
3. Letter to the Women of Malolos

• These writings were his brilliant responses to the vicious attacks

against the Indio and his culture
• Appreciative of Individual Worth
• Creative and Innovative
• God-Centered
• One with the Plight of the Poor
• Professionally Excellent
• Socially Responsible
• With Integrity
 RIZAL, JOSE

INDOLENCE OF LETTER TO THE YOUNG

PHIL. CENTURY HENCE
FILIPINOS WOMEN OF MALOLOS

idleness of his Poverty became Rizal wanted the

people during the rampant. Filipino women to
spanish Population have the same
colonization. decreased opportunites
Filipinos were enjoyed by many
Filipinos lost
industrious and men which was
traditions and
hardworking education, an
cultures.
before the coming education that will
of the Spaniards. liberate women.
The Philippines A
Century Hence
Issues:
1. No freedom of
press
2. practice human
rights and justice
Introducing reforms:
1. Representations in the
Cortes
2. An authorized voice to
cry out all kinds of
abuses
Letter to the Women of Malolos

“To the Young Women of Malolos”

Written in Tagalog
Women
-To be offered the same opportunities as those received by
men in terms of education
Letter to the Women of Malolos

Mothers
-Be a noble wife
-Rear her children in the service of the state
-Set standards of behavior for men around her
Unmarried men and women
-They should not be easily taken by appearances and looks.
 mothers should teach their children love of God, country and fellowmen.
 1. in defense of their country.
 2. women should know how to protect their dignity and honor.
 3. women should educate themselves aside from retaining their good racial
values.
 4. Faith is not merely reciting prayers and wearing religious pictures. It is living
the real Christian way with good morals and manners
 • Christ, husband,wife,
and then the children.
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 • "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the
wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body,so also wives should submit to their
husbands in everything."

• Colossians 3:18-19 “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands,
love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”

• love and respect characterize the roles of both husbands and wives. If these are
present, then authority, headship, love, and submission will be no problem for either
spouse.

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 • The first point is that in a Godly marriage, the wife submits to
bring transformation in him.

• Husband=head of the home, and the wife is the neck. The neck
supports the head, and helps the head to fulfill its duties.”

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“To the Women of Malolos” centers around five salient points (Zaide
&Zaide, 1999):
1. mothers should teach their children love of God, country and
fellowmen.
2. mothers should be glad and honored, like Spartan mothers, to
offer their sons in defense of their country.
3. women should know how to protect their dignity and honor.
4. women should educate themselves aside from retaining their
good racial values.
5. Faith is not merely reciting prayers and wearing religious pictures.
It is living the real Christian way with good morals and
manners.
“To the Women of Malolos” was originally written in Tagalog. Rizal penned this
writing when he was in London, in response to the request of Marcelo H. del
Pilar. The salient points contained in this letter are as follows:

1.The rejection of the spiritual authority of the friars – not all of the priests in
the country that time embodied the true spirit of Christ and His Church. Most of
them were corrupted by worldly desires and used worldly methods to effect
change and force discipline among the people.

Romans 12:22 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to
test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect
will
2.Duties and responsibilities of Filipino mothers to their children
3.Duties and responsibilities of a wife to her husband – Filipino women
are known to be submissive, tender, and loving. Rizal states in this
portion of his letter how Filipino women ought to be as wives, in order
to preserve the identity of the race.
4.Counsel to young women on their choice of a lifetime partner
• the role of women in eradicating indolence. In
his Letter to the Young Women of Malolos,
emancipation of the country from foreign rule,
duties and obligations of the women.
•encourages the women to gain knowledge,
Filipino virtues, for this is what they will teach
to their children – the future generation of the
country, the protectors of tradition and
integrity
As to the Lord
(submit to husbands with the same conscientiousness like
in submitting to Jesus.
This means - to do it for God (to please Him) . Submission is
an act of faith and it is to the Lord.
It’s an act of the will, you can have your own way, but if you
want God’s blessing, if you want your husband to cherish
you and you want to accomplish God’s purposes for your
life,
 THE 5 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MOTHER

1.to help the husband become all that God wants him to be, wives to
respect their husbands. , revering, admiring and honoring their husbands.
2.Submission:“Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.”
it has nothing to do with blind obedience or women being inferior to men.
entrusting herself to her husband.
3.Imparting intimacy to the children, Nurturing and caring
4.Maintaining the social networks for the family
5.Being the primary home-maker

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Make sure you have a clear policy of
discipline!
 DIFFERENT DISCIPLINARY INFLUENCES

• Discipline by example

• Spiritual discipline

• Discipline by affirmation

• Self-discipline

• Holistic discipline

• Collective discipline

• Corrective discipline

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“
Your children will
become what you are; so
be what you want them
to be.

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”
 • Empowering others (serving the poor)

Why is the Family Important?

(The family is under attack because it is important. All of us are
born into a family whether healthy or dysfunctional. Families
exist in this world because it has an inherent importance and
purpose.)
A. Because the family is God’s creation.
B. Because the family is the basic unit of society..
“Raise appreciation, lower expectations”
 4 PRIMARY GLOBAL CONCERNS
• In some countries, unemployment, drugs and violence were
added to this list.
Lack of
Family
Moral Values

Global
Concerns

Corruption Education

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 Indolence of Filipinos

 Manual labor
 Gambling was established and propagated
 Crooked system of religion
 Extremely high taxes

Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven,. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.
 Indolence of the Filipinos
 Written by Jose Rizal
 Published in La Solidaridad
in 5 installments
 From July 15 to
September 15, 1890

DR. RONALDO PANTE

 The Structure of Philippine History
as Presented by Rizal
 an illness will worsen if the wrong treatment is given. The same applies
to indolence. People, should not lose hope in fighting indolence.
 the early Filipinos were already carrying out trade within provinces and
with other neighboring countries; they were also engaged in agriculture
and mining; some natives even spoke Spanish.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV

Do not be deceived: “Bad company
ruins good morals.
INDOLENCE OF THE FILIPINOS

ADMITTING WARS,
EXISTENCE OF INVASIONS
INDOLENCE EXPEDITIONS

INDOLENCE OF DEATH OF LIMITED

CHRONIC TRADE IN THE TRAINING AND
ILLNESS PHIL EDUCATION
 • Rizal’s essay, “On the Indolence of the Filipinos,” = trait of
foreigners criticized the Filipinos for- laziness.

• Rather than accept the view that indolence was an

inherited characteristic among Filipinos,

• Rizal presented /contended that the Filipino’s predisposition

towards laziness was a condition that could be cured
through education and freedom.

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ADMITTING INDOLENCE: study the causes man adapts condition
to work
AS CHRONIC ILLNESS: worse if wrong treatment is given
WARS, INVASION AND EXPEDITION: Filipino economic cultural
aspects, corruption,decreased in population
DEATH OF TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINES: abuse of encomenderos,
pirate attacks restrictions imposed by the government, which
gives no aid for crops and farmers. Businesses are monopolized
LIMITED TRAINING AND EDUCATION: lack of national sentiment
and unity
He said the so-called indolence is an invention of the colonial
powers in Southeast Asia in order to justify authoritarian rule
over the indigenous people
in Camarines for example, were escaping to the mountains not
because of laziness, but because they were evading Moro raids
from which the local government was not able to protect them.
the fact that the Philippines was under foreign rule for so
many centuries, the Filipinos were made to believe that
they were “lazy.”
-abusive rule of the colonizers that the Filipinos accepted
poverty as their fate.
During the Spanish regime, Filipinos were
told that they were poor because they
were lazy. Jose Rizal wrote the “Noli” and
“Fili” to show that our poverty was due,
not to our alleged indolence, but to
Spanish colonization
Elias vindicates the ignorant, vicious, lazy and egoistic
Filipinos that abound in the novel.
Although his education is minimal, the injustices that he had
in his family have enlarged and sharpened his intellect and
made him hate the social conditions around him.
- Rather, it was the backwardness and disorder of Filipino
colonial society that caused indolence.
For Rizal, indolence was a result of the social and historical
experience of the Filipinos under Spanish rule.
as opposed to the reluctance to work under exploitative
conditions.
indolence must have social causes and these were to be found in
the nature of colonial rule.
the backwardness of Filipino society was due not to
the Filipinos themselves
but rather to the nature of colonial rule, that
provides the proper background for understanding
Rizal’s criticisms against the clerical establishment
and colonial administration.
Rizal’ education and liberty : conditions and the quality of the
response. ..education is the direct approach to changing
informal institutions that Rizal suggests,
-radically changing the norms of social behavior, of focusing
people’s minds on the solution of secular and practical
problems, and of motivating them to seek their own economic
success,
-Rizal wanted education to produce not only human capital but
social capital as well
 ACTIVITY 1

SCQ (Statement, Comment, Question )Worksheet using

table/mindmap
Read Rizal's essay, "The Philippines a Century Hence." Then,
create a worksheet and fill it out.
Copy one statement from the essay that has caught your
attention under the Statement heading.
Under the Comments section, take into consideration the
following questions:
(a) What does the statement remind you of? (b) Do you agree
or disagree and why?
 (c) What are your reflections on the
quotation? Under the Questions, write down
the questions that come to your mind while
reading the quotation from Rizal's essay
Statement from the COMMENT/S QUESTIONS
essay
O: Obey Your Parents
B: Begin With Listening
E: Express Loyalty and Commitment
D: Decide to Forgive One Another
I: Identify your Purpose in Your Life (country/family)
E: Encourage One Another
N: Never Rebel When Disciplined
C: Choose to Obey leaders according to Gods will
E: Every Moment Trust God".
NOLI ME EL EL AMOR PATRIO PHIL.WITHIN A INDOLENCE OF
TANGERE FILIBUSTERISMO CENTURY HENCE FILIPINOS
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DIARIONG
BRUSSELS, TAGALOG 1882 MADRID 1889-
BERLIN , BELGIUM 1891 1890 MADRID 1890
GERMANY 1887 LA SOLIDARIDAD
LOVE OF
3 MARTYRS COUNTRY FILIPINOS DEFENSE OF
MOTHER LAND GOMBURZA -FILIPINOS FILIPINOS/ANNO
express that love TATION TO
by bringing MORGAs work
enlightenment -Forecast future
CHARTER OF /maintain their OF THE PHIL
NATIONALISM virtues, helping -FEAR OF -ABUSE
SELF FILIPINOS to SPANISH -INACTION OF
CONFIDENCE attain TYRANNY GOVT
REIGN OF development, -WRONG
TOUCH ME NOT GREED/FILIBUST and by devoting -HOPE DOCTRINES
ERO himself to the PASSIVITY/SUBM
sciences and the ISSIVENESS to Remind us what
study of his Spanish we were, are,
country’s history and could be
and culture
NOLI ME EL EL AMOR PHIL IN THE 19TH INDOLENCE OF
TANGERE FILIBUSTERISMO PATRIO CENTURY FILIPINOS

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Sequel (of sorts) There is joy in -serve the
to Rizal's Filipino suffering one’s -Spain’s country by
classic, Noli me country implementation telling the
Best tangere. /follow Evokes pol. of her military truth.-/show
introduction of up /religious policies how we were
modern Phil dimensions -Deterioration discriminated
and -To illustrate
disappearance how we
of Filipino inherited some
Gratitude and indigenous of our negative
enlighten the affection culture traits from the
Filipinos on -lack of -POVERTY Spaniards.-rise
what is sovereignty -Keeping the from
enlighten the happening in the people oppression.-and
Filipinos on country uneducated and DECEPTION
what is ignorant had
happening in the failed.
country