And I believe that is what we have come to. I understand and respect your point of view on this, but it's at least something to be considered. Very few write in cursive anymore. Although I do think there can be a lot of beauty and art in the form of writing, most I know whom use it now are very poor practitioners.

Anyways, I was thinking this would make all of you happy:

(sorry that it is behind the paywall)

Basically House Bill #146 would require all Ohio schools to teach cursive to ensure that third graders can “print letters and words legibly by third grade and to create readable documents using legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade.”

They should be learning typing and basic word processing skills instead. And about effective web browsing, more spelling words, etc. A billion things could be learned in place of this.

As for signatures, present it to them when they are middle schoolers in a much-needed personal finance class. I utilize multiple signatures for security reasons, and such a place would be a good outlet to teach others to do the same.

And if I can't read what you write, I will most certainly not try to read it. Therefore, I will look upon it in disdain. I may be younger than y'all, so I don't know if you guys remember middle school. I do.

I passed off all kinds of garbage answers with my garbage cursive handwriting, and got A's because of it. In modern society, it's the lazy man's way to write. 

So to put it simply, garbage. It's all garbage. You all have a lot bigger issues at your schools than cursive writing. Like how about teaching kinds to handle situations where drugs or alcohol are present? Or as VietVet mentioned, more time on basic math and science? Or personal finance? Or teach them to the test better?

I had teachers tell me to stop using it, and I never turn back. Now I view people who use it with disdain... it's a writing style meant for slobs and the cluttered minded.