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Below is a research paper I wrote for the English Composition I class I am taking this summer.  I thought you might be interested in reading it.  Don't worry -- it's only 5 1/2 pages!  :) These are the comments my professor gave me --  the only downside is that I used APA instead of MLA.  He's not counting off for that, though.   This is an excellent Research Paper, Tammy. I am pleased with how this turned out. The good news is I am not going to recommend revision because you successfully met the main outcomes of this assignment. Your essay is purposeful and focused. It demonstrates a reason for your research. Metastatic Breast Cancer   Cancer is cancer is cancer, right?    This is the prevailing thought about cancer; but it is not necessarily so.   There are many nuances to cancer.   There are types, subtypes, stages, and receptors.   There are many different treatment options based on these types, subtypes, stages, and receptors.   Strides have been made over the yea

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You may or may not know that I am attending college classes (virtually; I wouldn't be able to do this in person) to obtain my teaching degree.  For this summer semester, one of my classes is English Composition I.  Our essay this week was "compare and contrast".  I chose to compare and contrast Komen and METAvivor.  I just got feedback on it from my instructor.  100/100 and he loved it.  What do you think? A Tale of Two Cancer Fundraising Organizations Did you know that the Susan G. Komen (Komen) organization is not the only breast cancer fundraising organization out there?   METAvivor is an organization that donates a bigger percentage of its donations to breast cancer research than Komen does.   When we look at the founding of each organization (when it was founded, who founded it, and why it was founded), each organization’s public image, and information about how each organization treats research dollars, we will see that METAvivor is the better organization to dona