"Parents located in north London is looking for an exceptional and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally skip the phrase "initial stages" as simple an expression.
However, it could be the most significant element of this unique job advert, as it aims to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of applications have since been sent in since the unidentified family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest in the media, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, said that in spite of first skepticism, he viewed the plan "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional nature of their request, and how young their son is.
However, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had by then set in".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family explained to him they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is rather osmotic," stated the expert.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will adopt the British traits they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor had to be somebody who went to "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Money No Object
The family told him the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he comments.
But, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", would the child absorb so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", answered he. "They know this may not work, but they've just taken the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share similar reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, stated that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from China to the United Kingdom at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can in some way impart the attributes of a British gentleman onto a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will will not automatically create the result they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to live several of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
"In my view the situation that the global community views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
