"A household residing in north London wants to find an remarkable and skilled educator to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily skip the wording "beginning" as mere a turn of phrase.
Yet, it may be the crucial aspect of this unique job advert, as it attempts to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained notice across the news, with numerous questioning why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that despite first skepticism, he viewed the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they recognized the atypical aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert replied. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the firstborn had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family explained to Adam they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the learning at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to instil.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
However, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", would the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The family realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted 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 said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the private teaching field who express similar concerns.
An education leader, chief executive of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, wrote that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
Peter wrote that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the age of childhood, and had been educated knowing and embodying dual heritages. He continued to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can function as a representation of English culture, an individual who can in some way impart the qualities of a British gentleman to a infant child, strikes me as idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, engaging a quintessentially British tutor from early childhood will not automatically create the goal they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to experience several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
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