cursive or printed doesn't really matter.. just as long as you feel comfortable in writing and that you write legibly inorder to be understood. :)

Here's an example for you http://www.drawyourworld.com/dnealian.html Most people use computers nowadays, although primary schools still teach cursive writing.

"Cursive" isn't really taught to us in the UK, but we join our letters rather than printing them as a matter of habit. However, if I'm just scribbling something I will just print the letters - but any letter such as T or F or G or Y that can easily be linked I always join to another. It's only really important to be able to do it when writing formally but everyone has their own style.

All (or at least almost all) native English speakers learn both manuscript and cursive writing and by adulthood have developed their own style of writing that is one or the other or a combination of both (I and most of my family and friends write in this way - mostly manuscript but certain letters are always in cursive and joined together - whatever is fastest and smoothest). Cursive is used almost exclusively for signatures, even if a letter or note was written in manuscript. Some English Language Learners ONLY learn to write in cursive. I am a teacher and have taught in Nepal and Thailand, and my Indian students have never learned manuscript. Although cursive is not as prominent as it once was, I still think it is an important thing to learn if you are hoping to really master the language and "fit in" with native-English writers. If you are looking for an easier cursive script to learn, I'd recommend trying D'Nealian. It is based on manuscript letters and so has simplified many of the curly-cues that cursive writing is known for. It's the one we teach our students at school, and I've had kids go from not being able to read or write cursive AT ALL to being perfectly adept at it in just one month. Give it a try! It can't hurt to learn it!

With practice, the cursive form can be written faster. But that is not a good reason to learn it because typing is faster still. I don't believe it is important. I only write in cursive for my signature, greeting cards, and (short) love letters (longer ones get typed.) Not for my shopping list or notes to the boss.