"A family residing in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and experienced tutor to assist their youngest child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the most important aspect of this unusual position posting, as it aims to recruit a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of applications have since been received since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has gained notice in the news, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding initial skepticism, he considered the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical aspect of their demand, 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 older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family informed him they wished to avoid history to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To hire a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they aim to instil.
He said the tutor must be an individual who went to "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed him the successful candidate should preferably also have knowledge of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a diverse set of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a range of lessons 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 view, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to success and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", would the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the international family he lives with regardless?
"Certainly", answered he. "The family realize this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as quickly as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the private teaching field who share these concerns.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He explained that he had relocated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the period of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and living both cultures. He continued to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can function as a representation of English culture, a person who can somehow impart the attributes of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will does not automatically produce the result they want.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, English culture is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
