The document summarizes concerns raised by teachers and administrators over several centuries about students' dependence on new technologies for writing and calculation. In 1703, some teachers were concerned that students relied too much on slates and would be unable to solve problems if their slates broke. In subsequent decades and centuries, others worried that students had become too dependent on paper, pen and ink, store-bought ink, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and handheld calculators. However, the document notes that we still use many of these technologies today and that any new technologies will likely face similar complaints.