Cursive. What a Fucking Waste of Time

So I'm sitting in class today, and I get a case of the doodles. I just start drawing triangles on top of triangles on top of triangles. And then I think about starting to write in cursive, and as I am writing "bored" in cursive, something dawns on me. Does anybody actually use this? Other than signing your name, does anybody write in cursive, anymore? I glance at the girl next to me to see if she writes in cursive, and she does not.

My guess is that there are five people who write in cursive on a consistent basis. Five, out of the nine billion people on the planet. Which brings me to the next point. Why the hell did we spend so much time learning this in third grade if it serves absolutely no purpose other than to sign your name? I wasted three months of my life learning how to write the letters "a," "q," and "y" (among others) in cursive. These are letters that I will never, ever, ever, use. And it is three months that I can never have back. I feel cheated. My teacher made it such a big deal. I think the exact word were, "You will need this if FOURTH grade." That gets every third grader excited. She used my emotions against me, how dare she. I needed to learn just a few letters, those in my name. Eight of them to be exact. "J" "o" "h" "n" "u" "e" "t" "r." I have doubles, so it makes it easier. Not only did we all spend all that time learning all 26 letters, but we learned it twice because we learned all 26 capital letters too. What a joke. All that for nothing. I wish I could have that time back or at least have questioned my teacher in depth, and got her to admit that cursive will never, ever be used later on in life.