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Jose Rizal in 1879 as a student at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
MYTHS ABOUT RIZAL AND UST
1. Rizal was discriminated by his professors and the friars?
-He was given the highly unusual privilege of being allowed to take up his pre-Med with Med proper--a feat allowable only with the full endorsement of the Spanish Rector who was a friar himself and the approval of the Spanish Governor General.
2. Filipino students were racially discriminated?
-There were initially 24 students in his first year, but only 7 remained in his fourth year in UST with Rizal as 2nd place and with Cornelio Mapa, a fellow Filipino student, topping the class. The top 4 were Filipinos while the bottom 3 who got dismal grades were Spanish.
3. Rizal got low grades?
-No one in their right mind should compare HS grades with grades in Medicine. Rizal took Segunda Ensenanza at the Ateneo Municipal, which is comparable to HS in today's terms.
-If there is a point of comparison, then that should not be his grades in the Ateneo, but with his fellow med classmates.
-Rizal was 2nd in his 4th year at UST with Cornelio Mapa, also a Filipino, placing first.
-He is not on record as having ever complained about his grades in UST, while he did complain about those he received in Madrid.
Main reference:
Villarroel, F. (1985). Jose Rizal and the University of Santo Tomas. Manila
MYTHS ABOUT RIZAL AND UST
1. Rizal was discriminated by his professors and the friars?
-He was given the highly unusual privilege of being allowed to take up his pre-Med with Med proper--a feat allowable only with the full endorsement of the Spanish Rector who was a friar himself and the approval of the Spanish Governor General.
2. Filipino students were racially discriminated?
-There were initially 24 students in his first year, but only 7 remained in his fourth year in UST with Rizal as 2nd place and with Cornelio Mapa, a fellow Filipino student, topping the class. The top 4 were Filipinos while the bottom 3 who got dismal grades were Spanish.
3. Rizal got low grades?
-No one in their right mind should compare HS grades with grades in Medicine. Rizal took Segunda Ensenanza at the Ateneo Municipal, which is comparable to HS in today's terms.
-If there is a point of comparison, then that should not be his grades in the Ateneo, but with his fellow med classmates.
-Rizal was 2nd in his 4th year at UST with Cornelio Mapa, also a Filipino, placing first.
-He is not on record as having ever complained about his grades in UST, while he did complain about those he received in Madrid.
Main reference:
Villarroel, F. (1985). Jose Rizal and the University of Santo Tomas. Manila