Gretchen Dolphin

[Gretchen Dolphin]

A Little About You

Your Name: Gretchen
Any Quirks?Shy
Marine Mammal obsessed

Now On To Your Character

The Basics...

Name: Gretchen Dolphin
Age: 31
Gender: female

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A Bit More Detail Now...

Parents: Marty and Shirley
Siblings: no siblings
History: Grew up in the Chicago area. Visited Brookfield Zoo and Shedd Aquarium when living in the Chicago area. Interned at Dolphins Plus. Interned at Indianapolis Zoo. Worked at Shedd Aquarium, Indianapolis Zoo, and Brookfield Zoo. On her first trip to Sea World when she was eight years old, she started to love dolphins. Watching trainers interact with marine mammals during training sessions made Gretchen want to become a trainer. Interacting with the dolphins at Brookfield Zoo also made her want to become a trainer. She observed the fun trainers had working with the dolphins. Her dad took her to Shedd Aquarium and Brookfield Zoo. Gretchen went to IMATA conferences and got to know many trainers. The trainers Gretchen knew recommended her for the job at Journey to Atlantis Marine World. She got a degree in psycology. Now she is a trainer at Journey to Atlantis Marine World.
How They Came Upon Journey to Atlantis Marine World: They visited the facility before and was impressed by it.[/right][/color]

Time to Describe

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Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 120 pounds
Body Type: Athletic
Hair Color/Length: blonde medium length hair
Eye Color: brown
Piercings or Tatoos: none[/center][/color]

Just a Bit More...[/b]
Likes: Playing with dolphins
Doing dolphin shows
visiting zoos, aquariums, and marine parks
meeting other trainers
Going to IMATA conferences
Dislikes: Mean people
Rude people
poeple that don't appreciate marine mammals and other animals
Anti-captivity people
Animal Abuse
Child Abuse

In three words, describe your character:
Passionate: She loves her job. She has a smile on her face while doing dirty work, such as cleaning fish buckets and preparing fish. She wanted to be a marine mammal trainer since she was a little girl.
Knowledgable: She is knowledgeable about marine mammal training. She has attended IMATA conferences to learn about marine mammal training. She gives advice to people needing information about training marine mammals.
Outgoing: She is friendly toward her coworkers. She is friendly toward park regulars. She gives aspiring trainers advice. She lets certain aspiring trainers e-mail her for advice and send her photos of her and the animals she works with.
Quirks: Yelling at other trainers when they reinforce an animal for an unwanted behavior and when they are not following the rules that their boss tells them how to train the animals
Picture: i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/BrookfieldDolphin/Indianapolis%20Zoo%20August%202007/Dolphin%20Interaction/102_1844.jpg[/size][/color]

What's their Job? Trainer

[Khris Carrie]

Hello! I would accept your applications, but there are a few things I would like you to fix.

-I would like your "History" to be a bit more detailed. That's not really her history, that's where she worked and interned. Look at Katelynn, Khris's or Amaya's history to get a base from them, and how we wrote out our character's history. I know it seems like a lot of writing, but it really pays off in the end.

-In the "In Three Words, Describe Your Character", you only use one word.

-In Quirks. Being sad isn't really a quirk. Missing an animal isn't a quirk either. A quirk is like biting your nails when your nervous, or yelling at people when they smack their lips when they chew gum.

Make those few simple changes and you're golden!

[Gretchen Dolphin]

I modified it. I hope it is ok.

[Khris Carrie]

Accepted.
BUT.
You will recieve a PM from me shortly.