Russian 8th Grader seeks Pen-Pal

[Mark Hollis]

I've been corresponding irregularly with a number of friends of mine
in Russia. Recently, a friend forwarded a request from his nephew that
looks like it could be a good project for a class or for several
individuals to learn about the Russian Federation from the eyes of a
13-year-old. It would also be a great opportunity for him to learn
conversational English.

I am not an educator. I do not participate in the K-12 USENET groups,
so if you have any specific questions, you'll need to E-Mail me.
Mitya's uncle's e-mail adress is in his header. Mitya does not have
access to USENET.

His message follows:

From: sabr...@smolensk.rospac.ru
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 17:55:49 MSK
To: mark....@factory.com
Subject: pen-pals

Hi, Mark!
My name is Mitya. I'm 13 years old. I'm a nephew of my uncle Alik.
I thank him for sending this message. I have holidays now. I'm ra-
ther good hacker. I can write computer programs in FoxPro, Basic &
Pascal languages and I like to play different computer games. I go
to school N26 and I'm at the 8 form. I have rather good marks and
I'm best im Maths, Literature, English and some others. My mother
and my grandmother are English teachers. My father is programmer.
I want to have a pan-pal from other country and I think that you
can help me to find good pen-friend.