"A household residing in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified educator to assist their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might readily skip the term "initial stages" as mere an expression.
However, it might be the crucial element of this distinctive employment listing, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have already been sent in since the anonymous family published their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has attracted interest in the media, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their quest, said that notwithstanding first doubt, he found the plan "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he said they recognized the atypical nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural bias had by then set in".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The plan: To engage a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to cultivate.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be somebody who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to accomplishment and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "They know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who express those doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer private tutors, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
Peter wrote that he had moved from China to the United Kingdom at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised experiencing and living dual heritages. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can act as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate to a 12-month-old child, seems to me naive and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a typically British tutor from babyhood will not necessarily achieve the outcome they hope for.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, English culture is something Adam thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the fact that the global community views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
