"Parents based in North London seeks an exceptional and qualified instructor to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might readily skip the term "initial stages" as simple a turn of phrase.
However, it could be the most important aspect of this unique position posting, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have already been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has gained notice throughout the news, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, said that in spite of first skepticism, he considered the idea "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical nature of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural bias had by then set in".
But what did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family told him they hoped to prevent the same situation to happen again with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," said the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will acquire the British traits they wish to impart.
He said the tutor must be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in accomplishment and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
Yet, despite all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child absorb so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who share those reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of Blue Education, who supplies personal educators, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
Peter explained that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been educated understanding and embodying dual heritages. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can somehow impart the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, strikes me as idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, having a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not instantly achieve the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to live many of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, personal identity can not be dictated from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and marketed.
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