Education: Rizal’s Supreme Aspiration

Jose Rizal valued learning so much that the education of Filipinos emerged from being one of the dreams of his youth to become his supreme aspiration during his adulthood.

In 1876, when he was a 15-year-old student at the Ateneo Municipal of Manila, he wrote the poem Por la educación recibe lustre la Patria (Education Gives Luster to the Motherland), which affirmed that education was an instrument that “inspires an enchanting virtue and puts the country in the lofty seat of endless glory” (more…)

Kung binigyan ng buhay, bibigyan din ng ikabubuhay.

English (Loose translation): If you gave life to somebody, you should also provide him/her a source of livelihood.

Explanation: One practical application of this saying is the case of a parent-child relationship. It is not enough that a child is born to the world. It also the responsibility of a parent to give that child the facility to survive ~ through food, clothing and shelter (while still young) as well as education to prepare the child for his/her future.

Do you agree with this saying?