Today, natural disasters are becoming more intense. Fires are more common. Floods are wiping out more land. Even earthquakes are expected to have a larger impact on humans today than those a thousand years ago. More people means a bigger disaster. Global Warming will continue to intensify these problems if change doesn't occur. The massive temperature changes caused by Global Warming will cause environments to become unstable, which will lead to the creation of natural disasters. Since a big enough change is unlikely to happen soon, proper preparations should be made for the inescapable. The schools of today are not safe enough for these natural disasters.
The recent earthquake drill is a perfect example. Several students were hiding at uncomfortable spots in classrooms that provided little protection from an actual earthquake. If something were to actually fall from the ceiling, the object would simply hit the student's desk, causing the desk to tip over with great force onto the student, and cause the student to receive large injuries. The point of hiding underneath the desk is to lessen the chance of being injured from a falling object, but in reality, the desk doesn't provide enough protection. The only solution to this problem is a complete change to the layout of schools.
Desks will be the first to change. The average students desk should be made out of only steel. Steel is a hard and strong metal alloy that will provide much more protection than the flimsy wooden desks. The ideal shape of the desk would be a complete box with one side cut out for leg space or the student's body if an emergency were to happen. All windows should also be eliminated to avoid injuries from shattered glass. The average classroom would become a concrete dome with only one air-tight door to ensure maximum protection. Tornadoes would not penetrate the building, fires will not go through the walls, and floods will not breach through. All plants should be taken out of schools to completely prevent the chance of a fire spreading.
These ideas may seem extreme on a school's budget, but governments can reduce spending on major projects such as wars. According to the article "World Military Spending," the estimated spending of the world on military purposes in 2012 was 1.756 trillion dollars. This money could have easily funded this plan if our governments would cooperate in peace. There should be no money limit for the safety of our future leaders. Other than this money issue, there is no other problem that I can imagine with this extremely beneficial plan.
