Chinese youth wastes time, grades suffer

The Beijing News quotes a young student lamenting a precipitous decline in his academic achievement:

In the past, when I was in middle school, I used to get grades that were good enough to enter a really good university.

It is because of the influence of heroin that I was only able to go to junior college.

The quote above has been edited with heroin replacing the grade-destroying influence actually cited by the student.

So, to what does this youngster attribute his performance decline?

• alcohol


• too much time spent watching the Beijing Olympics on TV


• too much time watching TV in general


• a demanding girlfriend/boyfriend


• an American "muscle car" obsession


• time devoted to his role as a Wikipedia editor


• a growing addiction to body modification


• environmental activism


• masturbation

That last one is basically correct in that the young fellow spent way too much time looking at "pornography on the internet". Surely that would be great preparation for a career in gynaecology or perhaps proctology.

Update: Given the growing female shortage, internet porn will be the closest many Chinese males get to experiencing the real thing, although there is Roxxxy.