<p>Could someone explain what this requirement is about, exactly?</p>
<p>Pwr is Stanford's writing requirement/instruction class. You are assigned one quarter of Pwr your frosh year. You then get to choose from a number of Pwr themes--that's the best part. I think my dd's pwr class was the rhetoric of childhood. The choices are really interesting.</p>
<p>There's also a PWR 2 requirement during sophomore year; it works the same way. PWR 2 has a research-paper-writing component, but it focuses more on oral presentation and delivery. I found it to be extremely effective, and much more enjoyable than PWR 1.</p>