Cursive writing is not being taught in much of America.

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71. Gen X here, for reference.

I think that cursive should still be taught, primarily so that students will be able to read documents and fonts that are written in cursive. If they choose to eschew cursive for their own use afterwards, then they're certainly free to make that decision. I just don't see how having more knowledge or more skill is a bad thing. I personally use printing and cursive interchangeably.

I feel I must address a couple of the comments, though:

"I’m sure the oldsters were furious that no one was using calligraphy anymore when cursive came into vogue."
Calligraphy only means a decorative style of writing in general, and can be printing or cursive. It's a style of writing that predates cursive.

"Can you read this?"
No, because I can't read Middle English, regardless of the style of writing.