This document presents quotes from various educational conferences and publications spanning 1703 to 1985, each expressing concern that students rely too heavily on new technologies and don't know how to write or calculate without them. The earliest quotes worry about students' dependence on slates and paper instead of preparing bark or knowing how to write on slate without mess. Later quotes criticize dependence on pen and ink, store-bought ink, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and handheld calculators. The concluding paragraph notes we still use pens, pencils and calculators, and now computers, and that new technologies will always face criticism.