How "rare" is cursive nowadays?

<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 I don’t think that its wise to eliminate cursive, primarily because most handwritten historical documents are in cursive.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>