Professors’ only concern should be teaching the material. Some believe, however, that to gain the respect of students, they must prove their awareness of pop culture and knowledge of trendy music. This is usually done by name-dropping at inappropriate times, movie referencing on quizzes, and playing music before the beginning of class.

One such professor likes to share his musical taste in lecture, recently announcing and sampling his new favorite artist: Ben Folds. We too have heard of him, and stopped listening to him in the 90’s.

No one cares about your iTunes playlist. There is no need to strategically project it on the overhead screen for all to see. Stop doing this; students will never like you, because you'll look like a tool. And finally, besides Napoleon Dynamite, no one uses or has ever used the adjective “flipping.” Just stop; it’s not okay.