Sometimes, the policy can be flexible. It is good to keep learning even if the student is born to a poor family. Do not be hasty to draw a conclusion; we will wait and see after his graduation. If the student is relying on supporting relief and reluctant to find a job at that time, then we can criticize him.

Luo Ruiming (www.ycwb.com): As education costs soar, to support a higher education student is extremely difficult for a poor family living below the minimum standards. It is understandable that the family desperately needs the subsidies.

At school time, some students can earn a living, but not all can find suitable jobs. The employment market is over strained and cannot accommodate graduates, not even students at school. Even if the student could make it, the probably tiny amount of money would be far from enough to cover expensive university costs.

Some argue that students should not dream of universities if they do not have money. But equal opportunity is the baseline for equal education. If the poor never enjoy higher education, it will create new unfairness.

Yang Zhenwei (www.zjol.com.cn): Students are unemployed without any fixed income. Some of them are independent enough to make money, but not all. Recent news said that two college students in east China's Jiangsu Province collected garbage to pay for their studies.

Additionally, students should focus more on academic studies. Pressured by living problems, they will try every means to earn money but neglect academic research, and that is a waste of educational resources. At the same time, the subsidies that make lives easier for the poor students deserve future returns in a way of devotion to national development and people's benefits.