Any aspect of learning (or life) that resists being reduced to numbers is regarded as vaguely suspicious.
Source:
Alfie Kohn
Position:
The Schools Our Children Deserve (1999)
Keywords:
Even the amount of stress a baby is exposed to ... can determine not just how well they do in school, but if they're happy or have solid social relationships - it can also their physical health, mental health and their risk of depression, autoimmune disorders, cancer, whatever.