Through Education or Motherland Receives Light

THROUGH EDUCATION OUR MOTHERLAND RECEIVES LIGHT

1. (Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria)

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3. Thepoem was written during the Spanish GovernmentIt was written in Ateneo de Municipal in Manilaat the age of fifteenRizal wrote this poem in the year 1876

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5. encouraging his people to acquire virtue and enlightenmentit showed the importance of religion in educationhe recounts the demand for sacrifices to obtain an education, and the rewards-a pleasure in living, the avenue to truth, goodness and honor

6. stressed the noble benefits of an enlightened citizenry: an aura of peace, youthful usefulness, the antidote to crime and vice, determination in government, humanized men.he resolutely opposed the pathway of violence and clung to education not only in theory but by his example

7. he indicates here how he values education. That out of his fervent love for our Motherland, education seems for him a way for us to extend our deep and warm gratitude to every wonder that we receive from Her everydaythe focus of the poem is about “education”

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9. And like the golden sun of the mornWhose rays resplendent shedding gold, And like fair aurora of gold and red She overspreads her colors bold; Such true education proudly givesThe pleasure of virtue to young and oldAnd she enlightens out Motherland dear As she offers endless glow and luster

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11. The poem tells us how education is important to every human, because without education we cannot reach our goals in life. Aside from that it is also one of the most effective way to make our country proud and no one can steal it to us. Education is the most precious gift and treasure that Motherland can give to us. “Education is the key to success.”

12. education is the one that trains people how to become a productive and civilized citizen to our motherlandA nation where educated people outnumbers...