Cursive's return: masterstroke or silly?

I was thinking about how increasingly difficult it has become to maintain good penmanship in the internet era.

When I was in grammar school, just about all our writing was cursive as opposed to block letters, and students would take pride in their signatures. There even were required penmanship classes.

Now about the only time I handwrite my name, with wildly fluctuating results, is when I'm signing a credit card receipt or check, and I write far fewer of those because of electronic payments.