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"Studentstodaycan’tpreparebarktocalculatetheirproblems.Theydependupontheirslateswhicharemoreexpensive.Whatwilltheydowhentheirslateisdroppedanditbreaks?Theywillbeunabletowrite.

‐TeachersConference,1703

"Studentstodaydependuponpapertoomuch.Theydon’tknowhowtowriteonslatewithoutgeNngchalkdustalloverthemselves.Theycan’tcleanaslateproperly.Whatwilltheydowhentheyrunoutofpaper?"

‐Principal’sAssociaQon,1815

"Studentsdependtoomuchonink.Theydon’tknowhowtouseapenknifetosharpenapencil.Penandinkwillneverreplacethepencil."

‐NaQonalAssociaQonofTeachers,1907

"Studentstodaydependuponstoreboughtink.Theydon’tknowhowtomaketheirown.WhentheyrunouttheywillbeunabletowritewordsorciphersunQltheirnexttriptotheseUlement.ThisisasadcommentaryonmoderneducaQon.

‐TheRuralTeacher,1929

"Studentstodaydependupontheseexpensivefountainpins.Theycannolongerwritewitha

straightpenandnib(nottomenQonsharpeningtheirownquills).Weparentsmustnotallowthemtowallowinsuchluxurytothedetrimentoflearninghowtocopeintherealbusinessworld,whichisnotsoextravagant.”

‐PTAGazeUe,1941

"BallpointpenswillbetheruinofeducaQoninourcountry.Studentsusethesedevicesandthenthrowthemaway.Thevirtuesofthri`andfrugalityarebeingdiscarded.Businessandbankswillneverallowsuchexpensiveluxuries.”

‐TheFederalTeacher,1950

"Studentstodaydependtoomuchonhand‐heldcalculators."

‐Anonymous,1985

TodaywesQllusepens,pencilsandcalculators.NowwehavecomputerswhichmakeourliveseveneasierandI’msurethatnomaUerwhatchangeshappeninthe

futuresomeonewillcomplainaboutit.

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