"A family residing in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and qualified educator to guide their smallest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily miss the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
However, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique position posting, as it aims to find a mentor for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have already been submitted since the anonymous family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained attention in the news, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of initial skepticism, he considered the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unusual aspect of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what does the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he answered. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the start here is rather osmotic," said the CEO.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the English characteristics they want to impart.
He noted the tutor must be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to shape the child in a wide range of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "Britishness", could the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", said Adam. "They realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who express similar concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been brought up understanding and living dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can function as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can somehow transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a typically English tutor from early childhood will will not necessarily achieve the goal they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"In my view the reality that the global community views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
