[The people have a right to seek a better understanding of themselves, rather than merely responding to researchers' questions.]

[The process of alphabetization must contribute to the people's remaking of themselves, with their history in their hands.]

[To be present in history means to be conscious of the difficulties in one's process of liberation. To be merely represented in history happens when passively accepting how another recounts.]

[Alphabetization needs to be grounded in the political activation of its students. Mechanical training in linguistics will lead them to be represented in history as opposed to present within it.]