He then went to Spain to continue his law school at the Universidad Central de Madrid (now called Universidad Complutense de Madrid or the Complutense University of Madrid). He was accused of being a filibuster and a subversive that’s why he had to sail to Hong Kong later in December 1888 to escape persecution. Teodoro Sandiko irked the friars for supporting women’s education and promoting liberal ideas. However, in defiance of the friar’s wrath, these young women of Malolos bravely continued their clamor to have proper schooling - a thing unheard of in the Philippines in those times.

Felipe Garcia, the Spanish parish curator of the Malolos Church (now known as the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception or Malolos Cathedral), highly objected to their plea, which heavily influenced the governor-general’s decision that turned down the petition initially. The women then waited around for a response, compelling the governor-general to read it on the spot. One of their leaders, Alberta Uitangcoy, handed him the letter. The letter, a plea for schooling, was signed by 20 women of Malolos, who went to the convent to present the letter to Weyler in the afternoon.

Upon getting word of this, Teodoro Sandiko wrote a Spanish letter addressed to the governor-general and asked the women he had been teaching to sign it. Decem– During Governor-General Valeriano Weyler’s visit to Malolos, he requested to hold an audience with the townsfolk.

He is so brave in spanish