COLLEGE KID GETS TO BE CALLED "YOUR MAJESTY"

A new policy at the University of Michigan allows students to choose their preferred pronouns by which to be addressed – him/her, he/she, miss/mister, or gender neutral words like its, they, one – and those pronouns appear on class rosters, so teachers know how their students wish to be addressed. One student, Grant Strobl, decided to take the policy to its ridiculous conclusion by officially requesting his pronoun to be changed to “His Majesty.” Storbl thought it was important to show just how ludicrous it is for universities to institutionalize the use of “arbitrary” pronouns and threaten disciplinary action if students and staff repeatedly fail to use them. He told the college newspaper, “I henceforth shall be referred to as: His Majesty, Grant Strobl. I encourage all U-M students to go onto Wolverine Access, and insert the identity of their dreams.”
* Wait – he could have called himself Wolverine and he went with His Majesty?
* His Majesty sounds too clever for the room. Or palace, as it were.
* Sounds like he also named himself Homecoming King.
* “I’ve graded your test, Your Majesty, and you got a D-minus.” Doesn’t really help, does it?
* His Majesty is better that what most of the other students are calling him.
* Now dozens of kids are messing up the system by registering themselves as “Grant Strobl”.
* He didn’t put it right. He should say “I self-identify as ‘Your Majesty.'”
* Enjoy it now, kid, because, after the punk phase ends, you’ll have a lifetime of cringing ahead.
* Believe me you’ll still be hearing about this at the 50 Year reunion.
* Just wait until somebody wants to be called Miss Thing.