He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino historians renowned for promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of Filipino history (nationalist historiography). Its a fascinating read that says about as much about writing life as it does about historians profession. Agoncillo.' (recently republished by the UST Publishing House, c2011). del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, the Luna brothers Juan and Antonio-as well as the handwritten letters of his friends like Ferdinand Blumentritt, family members, and even his girlfriends like Leonor Rivera (who sometimes hid things in code) and Josephine Bracken (who wrote to him in English). Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (Novem January 14, 1985) was a 20th-century Filipino historian. In between the many things Im busy right now, Ive been reading snatches of Ambeth Ocampos recently released 'Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. In time I have come across the writing of his contemporaries-Marcelo H. Over the years, I have worked beyond the printed or transcribed texts in these “Escritos de Rizal” volumes and have become acquainted with his handwriting in original documents. My research on Rizal, for example, was largely based on the 25 volumes of writing that nobody reads. However, much of his writings and reflective autobiographical pieces would have been fodder for a blog his short thoughts would have been great in Twitter his photos, both formal and wacky, would have fed his Facebook or Instagram feeds. If Rizal had a cell phone, I would not have a career because a lot of what he wrote down would have been lost in unrecorded phone conversations and text messages. I often hear teachers complain that checking papers gives them a headache because this generation of students have awful penmanship, for which teachers blame cell phones and texting.
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