"Parents located in North London wants to find an exceptional and skilled tutor to guide their smallest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might easily miss the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
However, it might be the most important aspect of this distinctive employment listing, as it aims to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have since been received since the unidentified family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted notice throughout the news, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of initial skepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional character of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had by then taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the elder child had adopted "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to him they did not want the same situation to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the start here is rather absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they aim to instil.
The consultant said the tutor must be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son become a "UK sophisticate" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he adds.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child absorb what is termed cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by in any case?
"Certainly", replied he. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who express similar doubts.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
He explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been raised understanding and embodying dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that a single person can act as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can in some way transfer the attributes of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, having a typically UK tutor from babyhood will will not automatically achieve the result they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be dictated from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something Adam hopes can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the fact that the world regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
