"A family located in north London seeks an remarkable and experienced instructor to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might readily skip the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it could be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to hire a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have since been sent in since the unnamed family published their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest throughout the press, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that in spite of early doubt, he found the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated 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 conditioning had by then become established".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family explained to him they did not want the same situation to recur with their younger child.
The strategy: To bring in a UK tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the development at the start here is somewhat acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to impart.
Adam noted the tutor had to be an individual who went to "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told him the selected educator should preferably also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
More than that though, he said the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he notes.
But, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child pick up what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", said the CEO. "They understand this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who express similar concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
He wrote that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the time of seven, and had been brought up knowing and living dual heritages. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that an individual can function as a representation of Britishness, someone who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially UK tutor from babyhood will will not instantly create the outcome they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, cultural identity cannot be dictated from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, UK identity is something Adam believes can be educated – and commercialized.
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