“Even 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… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Even 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… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by countless myths… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous biographies with… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Doreen Fernandez' foreword to "Rizal Without the Overcoat": His essays remind us that history need not and should not be relegated to schoolbooks and… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Rizal" is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works as literature… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
