"Parents residing in north London is looking for an remarkable and skilled educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the most important element of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to hire a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have already been submitted since the anonymous family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained attention throughout the news, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that despite early scepticism, he viewed the plan "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual aspect of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already set in".
But what does the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the firstborn had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family informed him they did not want history to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is somewhat acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they want to impart.
He explained the tutor needed to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he said the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "English culture", might the child absorb alleged cultural bias from the international family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", answered he. "The family realize this may not work, but they've just taken the view of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who have similar reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had emigrated from the Far East to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and living both cultures. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, a person who can possibly transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a typically English tutor from babyhood will does not automatically produce the result they want.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, UK identity is something the expert believes can be educated – and sold.
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