Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.

It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.

I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

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.

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.

As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.