"Parents based in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and experienced instructor to guide their youngest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily overlook the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
However, it may be the most significant element of this unusual position posting, as it aims to find a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have since been received since the unidentified family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the listing has received notice throughout the press, with many wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, said that despite first scepticism, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unconventional nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already set in".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their younger child.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the development at the beginning here is somewhat acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the English characteristics they want to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor must be someone who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this instruction in "Britishness", might the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the international family he resides with anyway?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the education sector who express these doubts.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who supplies personal educators, wrote that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert wrote that he had moved from Asia to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that a single person can function as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can somehow transplant the attributes of a English gentleman to a infant child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will will not instantly produce the outcome they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and sold.
"I think the situation that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
