I know that varies by region, but schoolchildren are generally taught cursive as a faster way to write. It already requires some memorisation with some glyphs being different from block letters. Why not make an additional step and completely replace it with shorthand, making writing an order of magnitude faster?
How old are you that you know what cursive and shorthand are and think that children are using either? I’m 40 and the only person I know that uses cursive and I learned it from my grandmother when I was homeschooled.
I’m 32 in Australia and still write in cursive.
Learnt in school and unless it says print in block letters that’s all I do
I live in a European country where cursive never fell out of use (in fact, I believe here your exam papers will not be accepted if you write them in anything but cursive). All I know about cursive state in America is that it was phased out, and now seems to be returning.
You live in a country that requires handwritten papers in 2026? I don’t believe you.