"Parents based in North London wants to find an remarkable and skilled educator to guide their smallest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might readily miss the wording "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
Yet, it may be the crucial aspect of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of submissions have since been submitted since the unnamed family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest in the press, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding initial doubt, he considered the concept "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he replied. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told the consultant they did not want this pattern to recur with their younger child.
The plan: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the English characteristics they want to impart.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed him the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and provide access.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he notes.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child pick up alleged cultural bias from the international family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
Several in the private teaching field who share similar doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
Peter wrote that he had emigrated from Asia to the Britain at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can serve as a representation of Britishness, a person who can in some way transplant the attributes of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, seems to me naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will will not instantly create the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy numerous of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the fact that the world views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
