It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.
Ambeth R. OcampoFilipinos have an aversion to blank walls.
Ambeth R. OcampoRizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.
Ambeth R. OcampoEven a quick reading of Rizal's trial will prove that those who take Constantino's works uncritically are likewise guilty of "Veneration Without Understanding." Since there is so much fiction and faction in history it is always essential to return to the sources.
Ambeth R. OcampoIf we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point here is that history is open ended and we cannot be sure about the past. So why study history? Because it teaches us to see the connections between events. Knowing how and why a certain event happened is helpful because in many cases people separated by time and place can sometimes be in similar situations. They can be mentally contemporaneous without knowing it. History gives us hindsight.
Ambeth R. OcampoTag: history
We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous biographies with flattering titles.
Ambeth R. OcampoTag: rizal
A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.
Ambeth R. OcampoTag: history
Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.
Ambeth R. OcampoMahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.
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