This document presents quotes from various educational associations over the time period of 1815 to 1985, each complaining about students' dependence on new technologies for writing and calculating that had recently been introduced. The Principal's Association in 1815 complained about students relying on slates and paper instead of writing on bark. The National Association of Teachers in 1907 argued that students relied too much on pen and ink instead of sharpening pencils. Similar complaints were made about store-bought ink in 1929, fountain pens in 1941, ballpoint pens in 1950, and handheld calculators in 1985. Each new technology was seen as a detriment to learning at the time. However, the concluding statement notes that we still use many of these technologies like

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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.”

3. "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

4. "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

6. "Students today depend upon these expensive fountain
pins. They can no longer write with a straight penand nib
(not to mention sharpening their ownquills). We parents
must notallow them to wallow in such luxury to the
detriment of learning howto copein the real business
world, which is not so extravagant." -PTA Gazette, 1941

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

8. "Students today depend too much on hand-
held calculators."
-Anonymous, 1985

9. 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.

10. Photos Courtesy of:
Slide 1 (Laptop)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigpresh/3860586024/
Slide 2 (Blackboard)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonritter/5127168158/
Slide 3 (Chalkboard)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofsims/2290440760/
Slide 4 (Pencil)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonritter/5127108322/
Slide 5 (Ink)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41957663@N02/4039349411/
Slide 6 (Fountain pen)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlottel/90425477/
Slide 7 (Ballpoint Pen)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonritter/5126496999/
Slide 8 (Calculators)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34695342@N00/427605773/
Slide 9 (Computer Chip)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/5026552269/#