"A family based in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified instructor to guide their smallest child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might easily miss the phrase "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it may be the crucial part of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to find a tutor for a infant.
Many of responses have already been submitted since the unnamed family published their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained interest throughout the news, with numerous questioning why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional aspect of their request, and how early in age their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already become established".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had picked up "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to impart.
He said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told him the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to accomplishment and create opportunities.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Yes", replied he. "The parents understand this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who share similar concerns.
Peter Cui, chief executive of an educational organization, who supplies personal educators, wrote that "the development of becoming bicultural, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
He noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the time of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a living vessel of English culture, someone who can somehow impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate upon a infant child, seems to me naive and unfeasible," he stated.
"In my experience, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from infancy will does not necessarily achieve the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something Adam believes can be educated – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
