"Parents located in north London is looking for an exceptional and skilled tutor to assist their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as just figurative language.
However, it might be the most important part of this distinctive position posting, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have now been sent in since the unnamed family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted interest throughout the press, with numerous wondering why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, explained that despite early skepticism, he found the idea "visionary", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already set in".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the start here is somewhat osmotic," explained the expert.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they want to cultivate.
He said the tutor must be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", said he. "The family realize this might not succeed, but they've just taken the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who have those doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the development of becoming bicultural, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate upon a infant child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will will not automatically achieve the result they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to experience many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, UK identity is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and sold.
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