"Parents located in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as simple a turn of phrase.
Yet, it could be the most significant element of this unusual position posting, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of responses have already been sent in since the unnamed family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted interest throughout the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of early scepticism, he viewed the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had by then set in".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed him they hoped to prevent history to recur with their infant.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the outset here is rather acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will pick up the UK customs they aim to instil.
He said the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and music so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
More than that though, he said the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and provide access.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he notes.
But, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", would the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the tutoring industry who have these concerns.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had moved from Asia to the United Kingdom at the time of seven, and had been raised understanding and embodying dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that one individual can function as a living vessel of UK identity, an individual who can possibly impart the characteristics of a English gentleman to a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, having a distinctly British tutor from infancy will not necessarily produce the result they hope for.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, English culture is something Adam believes can be educated – and commercialized.
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