<p>It’s still used when writing signatures. I’ve also seen some notes being written in cursive. I would do so as well, but since I haven’t written in cursive for so long, I can’t write it fast without making it illegible.</p>
<p>I never write in cursive except for my signature, and that’s (somewhat deliberately) illegible.</p>
<p>Cursive is too slow and messy for lefties.</p>
<p>I use it all the time. I also came up with a cursive/print hybrid that is super fast for taking notes. I was required to learn cursive in 3rd grade.</p>
<p>I’m unsure exactly when the shift happen, but cursive is certainly on the decline schools nowadays. Per [Survey</a> shows cursive, on the decline, is taught in many classrooms nationwide - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/survey-shows-cursive-on-the-decline-is-taught-in-many-classrooms-nationwide/2013/05/07/443eb4a8-b725-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html]Survey”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/survey-shows-cursive-on-the-decline-is-taught-in-many-classrooms-nationwide/2013/05/07/443eb4a8-b725-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html) at least 25% of schools nationally don’t teach it. And while the majority of schools do still teach it, it seems to be common practice for fewer and fewer students, leading many to forget it.</p>
<p>No one I know regularly writes in cursive, even though the vast majority of people I know take notes by hand. (I go to a STEM school, so most people are taking classes with lots of math notation that isn’t easily or quickly typed.) To write quicker notes, a lot of people use interlinked letters, a few abbreviations, etc.</p>
<p>I use print in almost all of my classes. Sometimes, just to mix things up, I’ll use cursive for all my notes in one class per semester, or turn in a few assignments in cursive. </p>
<p>My slow cursive looks fairly nice, my fast cursive is okay, but none of it compares to the absolutely beautiful script of my (nearly 70 years old) father.</p>
<p>I print if I have to take notes quickly, but I often use cursive on assignments so that I don’t become “cursive illiterate.” Where I live cursive was recently removed from the elementary curriculum, but schools met a huge backlash, and will soon be adding it again. I don’t think that its wise to eliminate cursive, primarily because most handwritten historical documents are in cursive. In thirty years, I worry that no one will be able to read the Declaration of Independence (and not just because its fading).</p>
<p>I do write at time cursive but only when I get bored at writing and want to write all fancy (to impress someone lol). No from my perspective no one really write in cursive here in college. Some people have trouble reading in cursive as I have noted.</p>
<p>Well, it all depends.
In the classes I’m allowed, I type.
In the classes I’m not allowed, I print.
In the classes in a foreign language, I write in that foreign language’s cursive (which is admittedly the typical handwriting style).
For fun, I usually write in cursive- it just tends to randomly happen. I’m probably the only kid I know my age (high school senior) who writes in cursive.</p>
<p>I struggle to read cursive, let alone to write in it.</p>
<p>(I’m a high school senior…)</p>
<p>When I take notes, my handwriting is a weird combination of cursive and print. It’s basically incomprehensible. There are also random arrows connecting ideas and it’s usually a big mess. I take notes on loose leaf and then transfer them (in nicer handwriting and with a logical progression of ideas) to a notebook later. It takes a lot of time, but it really helps me remember material.</p>
<p>My handwriting really does just vary, though. I’ve been known to start an essay in print and then switch halfway through to cursive. I have a habit of starting the word “the” in cursive that lasts until I get to a word that’s more difficult to write in cursive, like “minimum.” It’s strange. I think it depends on many factors, including my mood, the weather, and the alignment of the planets.</p>
<p>I do a weird mix of the two… some letters and words I always write in cursive, and others I write in print.</p>