PS: I grew up in a school system where we were only taught cursive. It works fine. I find it way faster than printing, but that might be because I was never taught *that* skill.
The primary reason for the existence of cursive is because it's faster, so it's not just you. I was taught printing and then cursive, and speed was cited as a reason for learning cursive.
In the elementary years where writing quality is graded, I always scored poorly, regardless of whether it was printing or cursive, and I pretty much ignored the marks. My reaction was basically, "I can read it. You can read it. So where's the problem?" Stretching a ten-minute writing assignment into thirty so it could look a bit prettier was just not going to happen.
