"Parents located in North London wants to find an exceptional and skilled tutor to guide their smallest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally overlook the wording "initial stages" as simple an expression.
But, it may be the most important aspect of this distinctive position posting, as it aims to find a tutor for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have now been received since the unnamed family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted interest across the media, with numerous wondering why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding initial doubt, he considered the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the unconventional nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had already set in".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert replied. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He explained the firstborn had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to him they hoped to prevent the same situation to recur with their younger child.
The strategy: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the learning at the outset here is kind of absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the UK customs they wish to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor must be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, the arts and music so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
More than that though, he explained the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will bring about achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
However, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", could the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", answered he. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who express similar reservations.
An education leader, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He noted that he had emigrated from Asia to the UK at the time of seven, and had been educated experiencing and embodying dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can act as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can in some way transplant the attributes of a English gentleman onto a one-year-old child, appears naive and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, engaging a typically British tutor from infancy will will not instantly achieve the result they want.
"I did not have such a figure, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO believes can be taught – and marketed.
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