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On the other hand...
I freely admit my handwriting is atrocious. I did learn in school, but have had little to no practical use for it in my daily life since. Having spent enough time around computers to be able to touch type at 80 or so words per minute, it's generally faster and more convenient for me to bang something out digitally. In the event that I need to put something down on paper I can use block printing. It's serviceable, though hardly pretty.
I won't go so far as to say that cursive writing should be dropped from the curriculum completely, but it certainly doesn't need or deserve the emphasis that was placed on it twenty years ago. Typing is a much more useful skill today.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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