I have never seen the point of writing in cursive, mainly because my fellow students, starting around 3rd grade, were barely legible as it was. Cursive writing didn't exactly help. I, myself, print almost all of the time, and can no longer remember how to write a cursive f, q, or z.

As far as writing itself goes, I personally hope that real writing is never entirely replaced by typing. Someone is bound to jump on me for this, but has anyone read "Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett? Moist's speech about real letters versus the clacks? Think about it.