How to say nothing in 500 words

What does "Concise" mean? Is writing the art of spinning bllsht into gold? Isn't a grammatically clean paper all you really need for an "A"? Do students really think instructors can't see through BS? OR do students think BS is what is expected? (After all we see nothing but BS on TV, in the news, from those around us)....
Turns out back in the '50s a prof. had some brilliant insight into this. I've only just scanned it - but it comes highly recommended by a colleague.

• the essay
• a blog post on it by someone else.

The writer's job is to take a boring idea, and make it interesting.

If you use something, cite it!

Some salty language at the end if you scroll down, but it makes a good point. Original source here.

course policies

I've had a policy against high fives - which I reconsidered my first year hear at my current school.

That turned out to be a mistake once. Won't go into it here - but ask me in class and we might role play it (or not).