"A family located in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and qualified educator to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as simple a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial element of this distinctive employment listing, as it seeks to recruit a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have since been received since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted notice in the press, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding early scepticism, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the unconventional aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already become established".
What exactly did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He said the older sibling had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told Adam they did not want this pattern to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the English characteristics they want to cultivate.
The consultant explained the tutor needed to be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to register the child on a selection 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 view, guiding their son become a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child adopt so-called cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by in any case?
"Absolutely", said he. "The parents know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the tutoring industry who express those concerns.
Peter Cui, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter wrote that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the period of childhood, and had been raised understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at Cambridge University.
"The concept that an individual can act as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can somehow transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a distinctly English tutor from babyhood will does not necessarily produce the outcome they desire.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and however I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, self-identity can not be forced from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and sold.
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