Question

How effective is the Rizal law in instilling patriotism among secondary School students

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Explanation:Rizal’s Law states that life and works of Jose Rizal should be taught in schools and universities to students during their formative and decisive years. The law aims to develop within the students moral character, personal discipline, and civic conscience.

The law comes with a premise that the life and works of Rizal can influence an individual to choose what is morally just, to act with discipline, and to function in society as a citizen that values co-existence and social responsibility.

The law also believes that the life and works of Rizal are inspiring sources of patriotism. With patriotism generally defined as the devotion to one’s country, the law also comes with a premise, that Rizal lived a life dedicated to the country, and that his works are for the benefit of the country.

Through the Rizal’s law, the country is hoping to produce citizens who are not only devoted to the country, but people whose life and works are actual contributions to the nation. It aims to produce citizens who are law-abiding, selfless, and socially responsible, all for the sake of the nation.

The patriotism asked by the law is not patriotism by mouth and political correctness alone. It is not the patriotism exercised by mere activism. It is patriotism taken really for what it is. It’s that patriotism that empowers an individual to put his country and fellowmen first before oneself in EVERYTHING that he does. It’s that patriotism that empowers an individual to think not what is good for himself for today, rather what is good for the nation for that moment and the days to come. These things may not be stated in the Republic Act literally, but all these things are found in the writings of Rizal.

Rizal’s propaganda in essence is for nation building. What he fought for was for the country and its citizens to have a chance to develop the concept of nationalism. He wanted a Filipino representative in the Spanish Parliament, Filipino Friars, and equal rights between Spaniards and Filipinos. He wanted the country to have a voice in the arena of its conqueror; He wanted the people to be given a chance to realize their rights; He wanted the country to have a chance to realize what is really right and wrong before God; He wanted Filipinos to have a chance to think and to therefore establish what is right and wrong for them as a society.