教育新规颁布，在校大学生创业引热议
According to a newly-amended Ministry of Education regulation, college students in China who have started their studies can apply for leave for several semesters and their period of schooling can be extended. It's a huge step to encourage students to start their own businesses while at university. However, some people doubt whether the regulation will have an effect on students' grades or performance. Should college students be encouraged to start businesses before graduation? Welcome to share your opinions.
根据教育部新颁发的法规，中国大学生可以申请“间隔年”并延长在校修读时间。这一法规在鼓励在校大学生创业上迈出了巨大一步。但也有人认为，这可能会影响学生的在校成绩和表现。是否应该鼓励在校大学生创业呢？欢迎分享你的看法。
Fatdragon (UK):
The majority of new businesses fail because, even if you have a product or service that fills a gap in the market, new businesses are typically under-capitalized and lack the skills in sales, marketing, administration and accounting.
If you subsequently decide that self-employment is not for you, then it leaves a question mark over you as to whether you are just seeking short term employment while you wait for another opportunity to start your own business.
Fatdragon（英国）：
哪怕你拥有一款可以占领市场份额的产品和服务，大部分创业者还是会因为缺乏资金或者缺少销售、营销、行政管理和审计方面的经验而最终失败。
如果你最终发现创业并不适合你，那么你又需要问自己，你是否只是在寻找一份短期的工作并等待机会去再次创业呢？
Jaaja (HK):
In principle I think this is good development.
Education should not be just about reading books and taking tests, and idea of lifelong learning should not be only about older employees learning new things in their work, but the other way too.
Also students can be more naive (in the positive sense) and open minded than older entrepreneurs, and they could put China's reforms related to business environment to different kind of test than older generations, which can benefit the whole society.
Jaaja（香港）：
总的来说，我觉得这是一个好的发展趋势。
教育不应该仅仅局限于读书和参加考试。终身学习也不应仅仅是指职场人不断在工作中学习新技能。而应该有其他的方式。
相比于职场人，在校学生会更为单纯（这不是一个贬义词）和开放。和老一代人相比，他们更能通过各种试验来检测中国商业环境改革，并最终造福社会。
Freshwang (Australia):
As a college student, I believe the guidance is essential, because the inexperienced students rarely had access to realistic business from books. They may face many problems can't be solved by themselves, thus will make them depressed and easily to give up early. This will be a waste of social resources. But with good guidance, they can be more creative than older entrepreneurs.
Freshwang（澳大利亚）：
作为一名大学生，我觉得相应的指导非常重要。因为没有经验的学生很难从书本摸索出通往现实商业世界的门路。他们可能会面对很多无法自行解决的问题，从而感到沮丧并过早地轻言放弃。而这也是对社会资源的一种浪费。但如果给他们以指导，他们会比职场人更具有创新力。
