"Parents located in north London seeks an remarkable and skilled instructor to support their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might naturally miss the term "beginning" as mere an expression.
But, it may be the most important part of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of applications have already been submitted since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has attracted interest across the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that despite initial skepticism, he considered the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", he responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family explained to him they did not want history to recur with their infant.
The plan: To engage a British tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they want to impart.
He explained the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "the right kinds of schools – 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 carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or passion in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and music so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son develop into a "British gentleman" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
Yet, despite all this guidance in "Britishness", would the child adopt what is termed cultural bias from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", said the CEO. "The family realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as soon as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who share those concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the journey of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
The expert explained that he had moved from China to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been brought up knowing and embodying dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can somehow impart the qualities of a British gentleman onto a infant child, strikes me as optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, engaging a distinctly British tutor from infancy will not necessarily create the result they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to live several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, cultural identity can not be forced from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and commercialized.
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