"Parents residing in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and skilled educator to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily overlook the phrase "beginning" as simple figurative language.
However, it may be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have now been received since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the advert has gained interest throughout the press, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, said that in spite of initial scepticism, he considered the plan "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they recognized the unusual aspect of their request, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed the consultant they did not want this pattern to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the learning at the start here is somewhat osmotic," explained the CEO.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
Adam said the tutor had to be someone who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Additionally though, he said the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, despite all this guidance in "UK identity", would the child pick up what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The parents understand this may not work, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
Several in the private teaching field who have those reservations.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer private tutors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
He explained that he had emigrated from China to the UK at the age of childhood, and had been brought up experiencing and practicing both cultures. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can somehow transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, seems to me optimistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will not instantly create the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, Britishness is something the expert believes can be educated – and marketed.
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