"A household located in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and skilled tutor to guide their youngest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might easily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the most significant aspect of this distinctive job advert, as it attempts to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been received since the unidentified family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has attracted notice in the press, with numerous asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, explained that despite early doubt, he considered the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unusual aspect of their requirement, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
But what did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told the consultant they wished to avoid history to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will acquire the UK customs they want to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be somebody who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
More than that though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a range of courses 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, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
But, in spite of all this guidance in "Britishness", would the child pick up alleged cultural bias from the international family he resides with anyway?
"Absolutely", replied he. "The family understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the education sector who share those concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
He noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can function as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can somehow transplant the attributes of a English gentleman onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"From my perspective, having a typically English tutor from infancy will does not automatically produce the goal they want.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience many of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, UK identity is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and sold.
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