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Reflection On Memoirs Of A Student In Manila
REFLECTION ON MEMOIRS OF A STUDENT IN MANILA
BY P. JACINTO (JOSE RIZAL)

This was written by Dr. Jose Rizal when he was around 17 to 20 years old when he was studying in University of Santo Tomas and it narrates his memories of being away from his family to study in Manila. It was said that Rizal’s father wanted him to study in the Dominican-owned Colegio San Juan de Letran but changed his mind and decided to send him instead to Ateneo Municipal, formerly the Escuela Pia which was a school for poor boy and was established by the city government and when the Jesuits returned to Manila in 1859, they were given the management of the school. It was said that the system of education given by the Jesuits was more advanced than that of other colleges in that time and it was in Ateneo where he first used the surname “Rizal” because at that time, his real surname “Mercado” had come under the suspicion of Spanish authorities. He began......

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