Most students are bored by history courses as they are usually taught, primarily because a large amount of time is spent teaching dates and statistics. The best way to teach history, ttherefore, is to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics. Each of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends EXCEPT: ['It is possible to recount the lives of historical figures without referring to dates and statistics.', 'Students are more bored by history courses as they are usually taught than they would be by courses that spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures.', "One should avoid boring one's students when teaching a history course.", 'It is compatible with the attainable goals of teaching history to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures.']