"Parents based in North London seeks an exceptional and qualified instructor to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the term "initial stages" as just an expression.
Yet, it may be the crucial element of this distinctive job advert, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been received since the unidentified family published their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received interest in the news, with many wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding early skepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the unusual aspect of their requirement, and how young 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 elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already set in".
But what did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the firstborn had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to Adam they hoped to prevent the same situation to recur with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor must be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types 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 don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Money No Object
The family informed Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a diverse set of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son develop into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
But, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", would the child pick up what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the tutoring industry who share these reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides private tutors, stated that "the process of becoming bicultural, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a representation of Britishness, someone who can somehow transplant the attributes of a British gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, seems to me optimistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a typically UK tutor from infancy will does not instantly create the goal they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been privileged enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the situation that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
