"A family residing in North London is looking for an extraordinary and skilled instructor to support their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally miss the phrase "beginning" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the most significant element of this distinctive position posting, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have now been received since the unnamed family advertised their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted interest in the news, with many questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, said that in spite of first skepticism, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional aspect of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had by then become established".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family explained to Adam they wished to avoid history to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a UK tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the education at the start here is somewhat acquired indirectly," explained the CEO.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", could the child adopt so-called cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", answered Adam. "The family realize this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the tutoring industry who share similar reservations.
An education leader, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had moved from China to the Britain at the period of childhood, and had been raised experiencing and practicing dual heritages. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The notion that one individual can act as a living vessel of Britishness, an individual who can somehow transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from babyhood will does not automatically produce the outcome they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, English culture is something the expert believes can be instructed – and marketed.
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