This document traces changing attitudes towards technology and education over time. It presents quotes from various sources between 1703 and 1985 criticizing students' dependence on newer technologies like slates, paper, ink, pens, pencils, calculators and computers. Each new technology that made tasks easier was seen as detrimental to learning essential life skills. The concluding statement acknowledges that while tools have changed, pens, pencils and calculators are still used today alongside computers, and there will always be complaints about new technologies.