Common App short answer

<p>I wrote about Church mission trip to mexico but.....</p>

<p>Should i straight out just talk about what i did in mexico and how i helped?
or give a little background in the beginning about the organization?</p>

<p>here's what i have so far please help.... Thanks</p>

<p>"Our church goes to Mexico every summer for a mission trip. The mission is directed by 4ChristMission and teams come from all over the country. In Mexico, our group plays and takes care of children whose parents are working and cannot provide care. Also, the mission group has built a school, so that children may come and receive education while their parents are out. I personally served as a co-director and translator for my church group. I was responsible for a group of 6 to 9 year old children and taught these children English and Mathematics. These children, when I first encountered them, were hopeless and had nowhere to go. However, the mission trip enabled us to give the children hope and sense of pride in their lives. I was able to see how the smallest act of good can affect the children and change their lives forever."</p>

<p>I feel like i should elaborate more and write how What i learned but if i say i learned the importance of thankfulness (or something like that) it sounds too cliche.....</p>

<p>Any tips?</p>

<p>It’s good, but you should definitely say how it affected you. The trip’s nice, but from your essay, it sounds like it had no effect on you as a person. You should write more about that, and why it changes you.</p>

<p>Thank you so much!
Yeah i agree but I feel like if want to do that then i would have to cut out the whole beginning because the paragraph is almost over the limit…</p>

<p>and getting rid of the beginning and just starting out with what i did might sound awkward right? </p>

<p>Anyways i’ll look into that thank you!</p>

<p>I think you should start over but with the same subject. Start with I and talk about why you did it, what you did, what you got out of it and what you may do in the future as a result. If you PM me I will edit it for you.</p>