Syag: “I took biology in a city college and they never mentioned evolution.”
When did you take biology? 1940? I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’ll easily find a university level bio class that doesn’t ever mention evolution.
That being said, I can assure you all that it is possible to pursue majors which don’t pose problems. Like our good friend, Charlie, I’m a statistician. You can tell which areas of study are worse when it comes time to ask professors for the holidays off. From my experience, the math/stat world has no problems, while the bio/chemistry world is openly hostile towards religion.
If someone is providing for you to study Torah without having to indulge in the secular world, kol hakavod. However, how can you be sure that your kids will have that opportunity? If you don’t have a way of making enough money to subsidize your kids’ Torah study, you’re essentially just putting off the bittul Torah by a generation. Proper, Jewish education isn’t cheap. I can’t see how a blue collar worker like a mechanic could possibly afford it for multiple kids.