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I learned and used cursive until the 6th grade. My teacher that year only printed and I have only printed English (except my signature) ever since. In college, I learned Russian and the only decent way to write Cyrillic is cursive. That conveniently helped me keep the two languages separate in my head. Now, 30 years later, if I'm forced to use cursive I end up spitting out Cyrillic letters and toss in a few Russian words. Weird.
Would the end of cursive be bad? I don't think so. No more so than the end of slide rules and slate tablets. As long as there's thoughtful expression in the words that are recorded.
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