got it
makita nga ang book ng anak ko (araling panlipunan nila grade 3) kung nabanggit ang mga bayaning pilipino doon kay mommy kasi nakaassign ang ganoong subject
pero sa pagkakaalala ko grade 2 pa lang noon halos puno ng picture ng mga bayani ang classroom namin noon hangang sa grade 6... ngayon napansin ko sa classroom ng anak ko walang ni isang picture ng mga bayaning Pilipino...
sikat na sikat na picture noon ay si Lapulapu at Jose rizal at saka pala si tandand sora bukod sa sangkatutak na coins na puro mukha ng mga bayaning pilipino.
TBH Heneral Luna would have been panned for being sloppy if it was done elsewhere. It only gets mad props here because it is such a unique feature originating from the Philippines by Filipinos.
As for the heroes of yesteryear you might want to read the wikipedia entry of each one you mentioned. New information has surfaced that puts a dent to what the govt intended you to to know back then. Now, they are at the mercy of "inertia".
Example "
Sa Aking Mga Kabata" that is attributed to Rizal appears to not have
been written by him after all.
The most ironic bit is Rizal's tagalog appears to be worse than mine. His mother tongue was Spanish while mine is English.
So doubly whammy about the stinky fish and love for the mother tongue.
Prior to this find I always wondered why people were implying Rizal's mother tongue was Tagalog/Filipino when he considered himself Spanish. I say this because as a reformer he wanted the Philippine Islands to be treated as a province of Spain rather than just a colony. In connection to this he wanted representation for taxation in the Spanish parliament.
I struggled in Philippine History back then but I do better now with Internet.
Yes, wiki isnt scholarly but the footnotes and references could point to scholarly sources.