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    Danny Creelman     Mrs. Dunsten Hoover     AP Language     19th September 2019 I sat in my brothers car, looking at the crumpled piece of paper. It was a list of all of the crews in theater, with basic summaries of what they did for the show and what days they met on. A friend had just given it to me, after she saw me in the gazebo while I was waiting for my brother. She wanted me to join sound crew, because a crew member had just left, and they wanted a freshman in the crew. While I originally was thinking about joining lights crew, I figured that sound could also be fun.      The instant I walked into the Sound Booth, I knew that I had made a decision that would change my life. The crew was small, just the chief, the girl who invited me, a boy who was rarely there, and myself. We got along like a group of friends who had known each other for years, not minutes. This group of people helped m...

    Danny Creelman     Mrs. Dunsten Hoover     AP Language     19th September 2019 I have volunteered for the Cincinnati Zoo for the past four years. This past summer, I was given the ability to take animals out on encounters throughout the zoo. While the animals were relatively simple to handle and were rather small, the process of taking one out into the zoo was much more complicated than one might think.  Before being allowed to handle animals, I had to go through multiple trainings. I was trained on how to hold the animal and how to take it in and out of its enclosure. Finally, I could  start to take the animal out into the zoo and interact with guests.  Sanitation is always the first step when it comes to handling an animal: no matter if it is a small snake or a large falcon. After I entered the animal holding, I would step into a small foot bath next to the door to prevent any bacteria or dis...

    Danny Creelman     Mrs. Dunsten Hoover     AP Language     12th September 2019     For the past 4 summers, I have been a volunteer at the Cincinnati Zoo. This most recent summer, unlike others, I was able to handle animals in the program I am in. These animals consisted mostly of small reptiles, but there were a few outliers, such as Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. A good majority of the animals I handled were snakes, all of which were different in species and personality. My two favorite snakes to handle were the Brazilian Rainbow Boa and the Kenyan Sand Boa. While they both were boas, the differences between these two snakes could not have been more apparent.      The Kenyan Sand Boa is a funky looking fella, who on average, reaches about 20 inches. They have the face of a sock puppet, with eyes that stick out of its head like they were glued on. Lastly, Sand Boas have long c...

Danny Creelman Mrs. Dunsten Hoover AP Language 6 September 2019 A blank page sits before me. Beside me, there are tubes of color sitting in a row- ten to be exact. Each one is white, 3.4 fluid ounces, and marked with an upside down “L” that matches the color inside it. I pick each up one at a time, screw off the lid, squeeze out a small bit of paint, and put it back. I then add a few drops of water to each, making sure not to add too much or too little to keep my preferred concentration. I then mix each, washing my brush in between colors. My cup of water seems to transform, every new shade making the hue shift. I put the brush on the page, and a streak of bright green breaks a white field.     This process reflects almost every time I paint. It seems soothing, but painting can be frustrating. I often find myself looking at my reference picture and back to my work, to see that the two look nothing alike. It is very easy to blend wrong, or to make colors too s...