The document summarizes complaints from teachers and administrators over several centuries about students' dependence on new technologies for writing and calculating. It notes concerns that students in 1703 could no longer prepare bark to do calculations and would be unable to write if their slates broke. Similar complaints were raised in 1815 about dependence on paper, in 1907 about dependence on ink and pens, and in later decades about dependence on store-bought ink, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and handheld calculators. The document concludes that new technologies will always face complaints but continue to be adopted.