"A household located in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and qualified tutor to support their youngest child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily miss the term "initial stages" as just an expression.
However, it might be the most important aspect of this unique position posting, as it seeks to find a tutor for a infant.
Many of responses have already been received since the unidentified family advertised their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained attention across the media, with many questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, explained that in spite of early skepticism, he found the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the unusual character of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already set in".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told him they wished to avoid history to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the learning at the start here is somewhat osmotic," said Adam.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the British traits they wish to impart.
Adam said the tutor must be someone who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a wide range of passions.
More than that though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will result in success and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", answered he. "The parents know this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the private teaching field who express similar reservations.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
He noted that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the period of childhood, and had been educated experiencing and living dual heritages. He went on to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, an individual who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, seems to me optimistic and impractical," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will will not instantly create the goal they want.
"I never had such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and commercialized.
"I think the situation that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
