"A family residing in north London seeks an extraordinary and qualified instructor to support their youngest child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the crucial part of this unique position posting, as it aims to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have already been received since the anonymous family advertised their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the post has received notice in the media, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, said that notwithstanding early skepticism, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the atypical character of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already set in".
What precisely did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to Adam they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To bring in a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is kind of absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to impart.
He explained the tutor had to be someone 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 doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the successful candidate should preferably also have knowledge of or passion in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
However, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child adopt alleged cultural leaning from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", said the CEO. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who have similar doubts.
An education leader, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, an individual who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a distinctly English tutor from infancy will not automatically achieve the outcome they desire.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the situations they hope for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be dictated from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam believes can be educated – and commercialized.
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