This document contains quotes from various organizations over different time periods complaining about students' dependence on new technologies for writing and calculating. The quotes progress from the 1700s complaining about slates, to the 1800s complaining about paper, 1907 complaining about pen and ink replacing pencils, 1929 complaining about store bought ink, 1941 complaining about fountain pens, 1950 complaining about ballpoint pens being wasteful, and 1985 complaining about handheld calculators. The concluding paragraph notes that while these technologies change, someone will always complain, and we now rely on computers in addition to older technologies like pens, pencils and calculators.