2. http://www.europa-pages.com/penpal_form.html This is the URL to a website. It connects you with different schools around the world. Its free, and its set up so that students can communicate with students and teachers with teachers. Its done through email, although you could easily get addresses and talk by handwritten letters, though free is usually better then pricey in my opinion.

3. The reason I chose this topic to research is because I was recently asked by a teacher at this school, who I know personally as well, if I could write to the girl who is coming from Honduras next year, so that she knew someone from the school. Then I joined the p21 group and a choice of topic was pen pals so I decided to do that since A: it seemed interesting and B: because by the end I might have a few classes writing letters either to her or to the school in Honduras.