"Parents located in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced tutor to guide their most junior child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily overlook the wording "initial stages" as just figurative language.
However, it might be the crucial part of this unusual position posting, as it attempts to find a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of applications have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the advert has received attention throughout the press, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that in spite of initial scepticism, he considered the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the atypical aspect of their request, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their infant.
The strategy: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the learning at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be someone who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or interest in riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will result in success and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
But, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", said the CEO. "The family know this could fail, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as soon as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who share those doubts.
An education leader, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the age of seven, and had been educated experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a embodiment of English culture, an individual who can in some way transplant the qualities of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will does not automatically achieve the result they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy numerous of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be dictated from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, Britishness is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I believe the fact that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
