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INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK #8
RIZAL AS A PROFESSIONAL

Objectives:
1. Name the professions Rizal practiced in the country.
2. Discuss the contribution of Rizal’s profession.

Trivia:
Rizal won in a lottery with the winning number 9736 with the amount of P2,600.00. He
sent some to his parents and he used some in acquiring lands in Talisay and cleared it
to make it valuable through the help of his students. More so, Joselito Dalman
Aseniero, one of his students, became the first governor of the Province of the
Zamboanga in 1925.

Discussion:
Notes: RIZAL AS A PROFESSIONAL
I shall always be at the service of
my country and what my fellow
countrymen think I can do I shall do.
- Rizal’s Letter to Mariano Ponce, London,
Octo
ber
12,
1888

A. REASON OF HIS ARREST

Rizal went home to the
Philippines for the second time on
June 26, 1892. He immediately
went to Malacañang Palace to
look for the Governor-General to
ask for pardon for his family and
the possible agreement for the
Borneo settlement.

B. RIZAL AS A PROFESSIONAL
Rizal was gifted with many
talents and skills which were
polished by time. His giftedness
was experienced by the people of
Dapitan during his four years
(1892-
 1896) confinement in this place.
1. As a Medical doctor
2. As a Farmer/Agriculturist

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3. As a Linguist
4. As an Engineer
5. As an Inventor
6. As a Businessman
7. As a Teacher
8. As a Geographer
9. As a Scientist
10.As an Artist

C. RIZAL’S FINITUDENESS
July 31,1896- Rizal left Dapitan
September 2, 1892- the
Katipunan headed by Andres
Bonifacio attacked San Juan
October 3-6, 1896- he was
shipped backed to Manila
boarded with the warship full of
soldiers and officers November 3,
1896- arrived in Manila and he
was transferred to For Santiago
In his Datos Para Mi Defensa
(Data for my Defense) he
responded to the following
charges:
Regarding ______________, he had
the following claims:
1. He advised Pio Valenzuela how
absurd the movement (Katipunan)
was, and he had always been
opposed to rebellion.
2. He was offered help, but he refused
because if he really did something
against anybody or anything else,
he had to prove his innocence.
3. He could not serve as a leader for
he was not consulted at all and if
they made use of his name, it was
used to do what they please.
4. He had no correspondence with
them (Katipunan) and if so then
the letter would fall into the hands
of the government.
With regards
__________________________, he
defended that:
1. He wrote the statutes of the
organization for unity, mutual
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protection, development of
education, defense against
violence and injustices, agriculture
and commerce and
implementation of reforms.
2. He clarified what he meant on the
phrase to have liberties (to be free)
and to have independence (to be
separated).
3. c. He did not revive or reorganized
it and whoever does he does not
know who and what changes they
had made.
4. He did not convoke the members
who met at the house of Mr.
Ongjungco.
With regards to
____________________, he had the
following claims:
1. He did not introduce Masonry in the
Philippines.
2. He gave up writing and taking part
of La Solidaridad and Masonry.
3. He founded associations in which
its common objectives were to
moralize the Filipinos and the
political side was never under his
direction.
4. He admitted that he wrote Himno a
Talisay (Hymn to Talisay) where in
the verse that they will know how
to protect their families, but he
referred it to the numerous
incursions of the Moros who went
to Dapitan.

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