Hello good people. I have been teaching public high school math for 3 years now. I cannot continue this profession. I am disgusted by every aspect of public school at this point. It is too mentally painful to hold a voluntarist position, and then HAVE TO LIE to everyone when I go to work and say that I love the public education system and that it promotes virtue. That is a very painful daily routine!
I am married. My wife is a teacher as well, and she enjoys it. So she will continue her career as a teacher, and understands my conflict with public education.
Next year I will be looking for some new career path. I am looking to some of you that are reading to give any suggestions for possible career paths that may come to mind, either for ex-teachers, for math degree holders, for careers that lend well to a voluntarist mentality...
Some of my main interests/strengths: Math (of course), Computer programming (not an expert at all), image editing and graphic arts (I am an expert with photoshop), troubleshooting pc problems (I am the person most of my friends go to if their computer is broken), using and learning new computer software, creating educational resources (worksheets and websites for doing math problems), recording and editing music (I have a home recording studio, and can record all instruments, and pitch correct vocals very well)... that's pretty much it.
Any career suggestions, either relevant or not to the list above, would help me to do more research. And I appreciate any input you want to give.