"Parents located in north London wants to find an remarkable and experienced educator to support their smallest child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might easily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as mere an expression.
But, it could be the most significant part of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been sent in since the anonymous family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has received notice throughout the press, with several wondering why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding initial skepticism, he considered the idea "visionary", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the atypical nature of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then become established".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert answered. "The way you eat, the way 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 Adam they did not want history to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the start here is rather absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will acquire the British traits they want to impart.
He noted the tutor needed to be somebody who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed Adam the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he notes.
Yet, despite all this guidance in "English culture", would the child pick up alleged cultural influence from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", said he. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'we should try and we should start as soon as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who express those concerns.
An education leader, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, wrote that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from China to the United Kingdom at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised experiencing and living two backgrounds. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that one individual can act as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can possibly transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a typically British tutor from babyhood will does not instantly produce the result they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the situations they hope for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, cultural identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, Britishness is something Adam thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the international society views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
