This document presents a series of quotes from 1703 to 1985 in which educators expressed concern about students' reliance on new technologies for writing and calculation. Over the centuries, students were said to depend too much on slates, paper, ink, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and handheld calculators rather than learning older techniques. While the technologies changed, the commentary remained skeptical of each new method and nostalgic for previous approaches. The concluding passage notes that modern students now rely on computers but that complaints about new technologies are perpetual.