This document presents a series of quotes from 1703 to 1985 commenting on the changing technologies used in education over time. Each successive quote laments that students have become too dependent on newer technologies like slates, paper, ink pens, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and handheld calculators, rather than learning older methods. The final comment acknowledges that complaints about new technologies in education are inevitable with each new change.

1. Technology
and Education
Britton McClintock

2. "Students today can’t prepare bark to
calculate their problems. They depend
upon their slates which are more
expensive. What will they do when their
slate is dropped and it breaks? They will
be unable to write.”
-Teachers Conference
1703

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"Students today depend upon paper too much. They
don’t know how to write on slate without getting chalk dust all
over themselves. They can’t clean a slate properly. What will
they do when they run out of paper?"
-Principal’s Association, 1815

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"Students depend too much on ink.
They don’t know how to use a pen knife
to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will
never replace the pencil."
-National Association of Teachers, 1907

5. "Students today depend upon store
bought ink. They don’t know how to
make their own. When they run out
they will be unable to write words or
ciphers until their next trip to the
settlement. This is a sad commentary
on modern education.
-The Rural Teacher, 1929
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6. "Students today depend upon these
expensive fountain pins. They can no
longer write with a straight pen and nib
(not to mention sharpening their own
quills). We parents must not allow them
to wallow in such luxury to the
detriment of learning how to cope in the
real business world, which is not so
extravagant."
-PTA Gazette, 1941
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7. "Ball point pens will be the ruin of education in
our country. Students use these devices and
then throw them away. The virtues of thrift and
frugality are being discarded. Business and
banks will never allow such expensive luxuries."
-The Federal Teacher
1950
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8. "Students today depend too much on
hand-held calculators."
-Anonymous, 1985
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9. I’m sure this
guy will
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Today we still use pens, pencils and
calculators. Now we have computers which
make our lives even easier and I’m sure that
no matter what changes happen in the future
someone will complain about it.