"Parents residing in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and skilled instructor to assist their most junior child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might readily skip the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial part of this unique job advert, as it aims to hire a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of submissions have since been sent in since the unidentified family posted their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained interest throughout the media, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that despite initial doubt, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they understood the unconventional character of their request, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already set in".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed him they did not want history to recur with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the start here is rather osmotic," explained the expert.
It's via this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they aim to impart.
He noted the tutor had to be someone who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed him the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in success and open doors.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.
However, despite all this instruction in "English culture", would the child absorb alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by in any case?
"Yes", replied Adam. "The family realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who share similar concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the period of seven, and had been brought up understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that an individual can function as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, seems to me optimistic and impractical," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially British tutor from early childhood will will not instantly produce the goal they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, cultural identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
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