Not for me. My cursive hand is much faster than my print hand. In fact, I hate it when I am asked to print, because it slows me down so much. (by a factor of 3 at least.)
I write in cursive at least twice as fast as I can print, and it's more legible than my printing is at even a moderate speed. The loops aren't just there to frustrate the students, they eliminate the need to pick up the pen or even slow down as much as sharp angles force you to. I don't really have problems reading neatly written cursive either.
The only time I ever print is for other people's benefit. My handwritten notes are at least 95% cursive.
At a private grade school I often had to write a sentence 500 times when I did something wrong... I found cursive was much faster, I tried both, my peers are the ones that put me onto cursive to make the writing go faster.
Not for me. My cursive hand is much faster than my print hand. In fact, I hate it when I am asked to print, because it slows me down so much. (by a factor of 3 at least.)