“Forget Rizal’s martyrdom. It is how Rizal lived, not how he died, that will help us now. Instead of a national commemoration every December 30, we Filipinos should be remembering and celebrating July 17, 1892, the day Rizal arrived in Dapitan.” – Dr Floro Quibuyen
The Philippine Studies section of emanila.com today released Part 1 of five parts of an essay, “Rizal’s Legacy for the 21st Century: Progressive Education, Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development in Dapitan“, written by Filipino educator Dr Floro Quibuyen.
In his essay, Dr Quibuyen explored the lessons today’s community development and education efforts can learn from Rizal’s four years stay in Dapitan.
“In particular, the significance of the school he founded in Talisay has not merited scholarly commentary,” wrote Dr Quibuyen in introducing his essay.
“Those fruitful four years in Dapitan have become Rizal’s most unappreciated legacy, yet they are precisely what make Rizal singularly relevant to the 21st century. This essay explains why.”
The essay is available here for viewing.
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Thank you for this informative article. Perhaps this should also be shared in facebook – which could be re shared infinitely.
Thanks for dropping by and for your feedback, Mr Baena.
The article (series of articles actually) was posted to our Facebook accounts at the following Facebook accounts -
The Filipino Australian fan page > https://facebook.com/thefilipinoaustralian
Romy Cayabyab > https://facebook.com/romycayabyab
We have noticed that the post is being shared at The Rizalist Press group and also at the Filipino International Forum group.
Dr Quibuyen is right. We should honor and respect Rizal by appreciating and following/adopting his many outstanding ideas, projects and accomplishments. Erecting monuments and laying flowers during the anniversary of his death and birthday are hallow display of patriotism when we ourselves takes his love for freedom and righteousness for granted. How can we show our love to a dead man when we cannot even care for the living?