"A family located in North London is looking for an exceptional and skilled educator to guide their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally miss the term "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial aspect of this unique position posting, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have already been received since the unidentified family published their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the listing has attracted notice throughout the press, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their search, explained that in spite of first skepticism, he considered the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the unusual aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
But what did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family told the consultant they wished to avoid history to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the education at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the British traits they wish to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor must be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to him the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or passion in horse riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will bring about accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
However, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", could the child pick up what is termed cultural leaning from the multicultural family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", said Adam. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the tutoring industry who express similar reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert wrote that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the time of seven, and had been brought up knowing and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that one individual can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, an individual who can possibly impart the qualities of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will not necessarily produce the goal they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, personal identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, Britishness is something the expert hopes can be instructed – and sold.
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