"Parents located in north London is looking for an exceptional and qualified educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally miss the term "beginning" as just figurative language.
However, it could be the most important aspect of this distinctive employment listing, as it aims to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of submissions have now been received since the unnamed family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has attracted attention throughout the media, with many wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, stated that in spite of initial skepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they understood the atypical nature of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family told the consultant they wished to avoid history to happen again with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the development at the outset here is somewhat acquired indirectly," explained the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to impart.
He explained the tutor must be someone who attended "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the selected educator should preferably also have understanding of or passion in riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will result in success and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he notes.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", would the child absorb so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Absolutely", replied the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share similar doubts.
An education leader, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who also offer private tutors, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
He explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the age of childhood, and had been raised knowing and practicing both cultures. He continued to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can function as a embodiment of Britishness, someone who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a English gentleman onto a one-year-old child, seems to me naive and unrealistic," he commented.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly English tutor from babyhood will not instantly achieve the outcome they want.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be imposed from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something Adam believes can be taught – and sold.
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