first interview

for my first interview i interviewed my TA for my bio 240 class. she said that while she is writing it all depends on what she is writing about, then she can really decide on what to keep in the back of her head. When she writes research or analysis papers, she keeps the thesis in mind at all times. this is so she can stay on the right track and stay focused on her writing (which contain lab reports, essays, and research papers). when writing she ttys to reach certain audience, so she ttys to incorporate information information her audience or professors would like to see. In this same sense when she writes her research papers she uses scientific language, rather then just writing normally like a letter. Next she said that while preforming research she tries to use sources that contain .edu, .gov, .org because these are usually the most credible. But this is not always possible, so she makes sure that her information accurately support her claim. if she does use a .com source then she will chaco multiple other sources to  make sure the info is credible, but always tries to avoid wikipedia. scientific journals are ussually the most credible. her writing consists mostly of formal writing, which are things she turns into professors like field studies or short answer questions. her main purpose of writing is so that she can prove that she is knowledgeable about a purpose or certain topic in biology. In her undergraduate degree as a biology major she writes many essays to simply explain topics in her own words. Inorder to do this it requires research, but she said "I think being careful and selective with your sources you use can add to your credibility" because when you write and your just finding the first website and throwing that information down then how credible do you think all your info actually is? It could be comlptley wrong, thats why her formal writing required for bio needs extensive research. ultimatley her writing deals with a lot of recording, researching, and observing which is a lot different then just taking notes for her test. she can't write a research paper without using scientific language. But not all of her writing is academic per say. yes it deals with biology but some things she is simply reporting information, or she's possibly trying to persuade an audience.