"A household located in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced instructor to guide their smallest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
Yet, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique job advert, as it aims to find a tutor for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have since been submitted since the unidentified family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has gained interest across the news, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their search, explained that despite initial doubt, he found the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already set in".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam replied. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family told Adam they did not want this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the development at the beginning here is somewhat acquired indirectly," explained Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they aim to instil.
The consultant noted the tutor must be somebody who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he notes.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Yes", said the CEO. "The family realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'we should try and we should start as soon as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share these reservations.
Peter Cui, head and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, wrote that "the journey of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
He wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and practicing both cultures. He went on to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can somehow transfer the attributes of a British gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from early childhood will does not instantly achieve the goal they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the situations they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, cultural identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the reality that the world regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
