"A family residing in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and skilled tutor to guide their smallest child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
Yet, it could be the most important aspect of this unique position posting, as it seeks to recruit a mentor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been sent in since the unnamed family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the listing has received notice in the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, said that in spite of initial doubt, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the unusual aspect of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already become established".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam replied. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they did not want history to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the outset here is rather osmotic," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor must be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to success and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, despite all this guidance in "English culture", might the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", said he. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the private teaching field who have similar concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
Peter explained that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the time of seven, and had been raised understanding and practicing dual heritages. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a representation of English culture, an individual who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman to a 12-month-old child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially UK 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 fortunate enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and sold.
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