<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>