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