LSAT CR-Assumption Except

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LSAT CR-Assumption Except

by nitya34 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:46 am
22. Most students are bored by history courses as they are usually taught, primarily because a large amount of time is spent teaching dates and statistic. The best way to teach history, therefore, 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:

(A) One should avoid boring one’s students when teaching a history course.
(B) It is not incompatible with the attainable goals of teaching history to spend very little class time on dates and statistics.
(C) It is possible to recount the lives of historical figures without referring to dates and statistics.
(D) It is compatible with the attainable goals of teaching history to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures.
(E) 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.

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by scoobydooby » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:26 am
would go for C.

the stimulus advocates teaching history by spending most class time recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics. it doesnt say the teaching has to be able to spend most class time recounting lives of historical figures without referring to the dates.

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by cameronwu » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:30 am
scoobydooby wrote:would go for C.

the stimulus advocates teaching history by spending most class time recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics. it doesnt say the teaching has to be able to spend most class time recounting lives of historical figures without referring to the dates.
^^ Spot on.

C.

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by ssmiles08 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:49 am
IMO C as well.

It was b/w C and D.

An assumption is an unspoken premise.

D states that they could use more time on recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics which is already stated in the conclusion.

C strengthens the argument by saying dates and statistics are non-essential which is the unspoken premise.

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by nitya34 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:37 pm
OA----C
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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 8:26 pm
I think C is the right answer here.