essay over some issue of public policy in the United States, Texas or the World

content quality, creativity/style of presentation, and research ability Opinion/Editorial Essay/Research Essay: Students may opt to write a five page paper (double spaced) over a policy topic. The essay should be informative and state your opionion about an issue. Students must include a properly formatted works cited with parenthetical citations or footnotes. A thesis or purpose statement must be included. Students should state their opinion over a policy topic and defend it with quality information. The word count is around 1200 words. 3-5 sources should be used.