The relationship between students and school officials is one based on a difference of power which increases when you factor in young students who are unable to defend themselves and school officials trying to discipline them.
When parents push their kids to get too involved in extracurricular activities it could create a situation where both the parents and the kids feel like their whole lives revolve around this activity.
Elviris Rodriguez
Both are excellent thesis statements that you could write very well developed essays for however I believe the first thesis statement is the only one that meets the criteria for recognizing some form of power play. If you were to be more specific in your second thesis statement you could illustrate where the authority plays into the situation. I can see that it might be coming from the parents who push their children to be more involved but it isn’t directly stated but is implied.
Elviris,
Both topics are effective ones, but I think the second, actually, could generate a more specific thesis (possibly) because it seems to hint at personal experience, although this may not be the case. I agree with Sofiya that the first statement is a clearer power play, but if you use the first statement, you would need to narrow this somewhat, to a specific teacher or school official, and then get very specific about situations when younger children are taken advantage of. In the second, you just need to be a bit more explicit about the kind of power play involved, and again, remember to get very specific. Also, choose one parent to discuss, and try not to lump both mother and father together (if you choose the second option).