This document presents a series of quotes from 1703 to 1985 that show how educators have consistently complained about students' dependence on new technologies for writing and calculation. Each new technology that emerged, from slates to paper to pens to calculators, was criticized for making students less self-sufficient and for replacing important manual skills. However, the technologies continued to be adopted and are still used today alongside newer computer technologies, demonstrating that concerns about new education technologies are not new but have been raised repeatedly throughout history.