“But I would rather have an education (in the truest sense of the word) followed by the opportunity for attainment of employment in which the employer teaches me what I need to know.”
If you need to understand math, most employers will NOT want to spend a few years teaching you.
The liberal arts majors I’ve met know nothing of history, language, economics, math, business or life. They have demonstrated an ability to spew BS, not think. Apart from sales, an ability to BS others isn’t useful in most businesses...
Politicians have been doing pretty well for themselves. (What a racket!)
This may come as a surprise to you, but not all jobs require advanced mathematics.