Moreten, I am 52 years old. 15 years in the computer games industry, and many more years before that in MALE-DOMINATED fields. I have encountered brutality (like being forced to the ground the 4th time I denied my supervisor sex), harrassment, discrimination, denial of jobs, positions, projects, job title, and fair pay. (OK, folks, now you know why I hate the term "girl" and why I resent any suggestion that we females are second class objects... it has been a long battle for equality and it is not over.) As an artist I have had years of zero income and years when it was close to $100K... and years where I've had to wait months to get paid... and years where my client didn't even have the grace to declare bankruptcy. I know what financial and personal problems are like. I've also known some amazing people and been part of some truly worthwhile projects. My decision to work in this field was the right one. In all this I never felt the need to take somebody else's work and claim it as my own. Too much bottom-level pride? A strong dose of ethics? Or maybe the belief that what I do matters? If the work of my hands is good enough for my signature, it is good enough. This includes the commercial work or art done to another's specs. Work done under deadline simply has to be the best possible under that condition, but even a deadline doesn't excuse theft. That is my name on the product, even if the only signatures are in-house. If a student doesn't earn her grade, no matter age, gender, whatever... giving her a grade out of pity teaches the wrong lesson. This may be harsh... but it is a harsh world out there. Without an ethical core, she will not survive. Carolly