"A family residing in north London seeks an exceptional and experienced instructor to assist their smallest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily skip the term "first-steps" as simple a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the most important part of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to find a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their call for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the advert has received interest throughout the news, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, stated that despite initial skepticism, he considered the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they recognized the atypical character of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", he replied. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they did not want history to recur with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they want to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor had to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
However, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child absorb what is termed cultural leaning from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "The family understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the education sector who share those concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of Blue Education, who provides personal educators, stated that "the process of becoming bicultural, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that an individual can function as a living vessel of Britishness, a person who can somehow impart the characteristics of a British gentleman to a infant child, strikes me as optimistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"In my experience, having a typically English tutor from babyhood will will not necessarily produce the goal they hope for.
"I did not have such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the situations they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the expert hopes can be taught – and sold.
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