"Parents residing in north London seeks an remarkable and experienced tutor to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily miss the term "beginning" as simple an expression.
But, it could be the most significant aspect of this distinctive position posting, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been submitted since the unidentified family posted their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted interest across the news, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that in spite of first scepticism, he viewed the plan "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he said they recognized the unusual character of their request, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they did not want history to happen again with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," stated the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be somebody who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and open doors.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
Yet, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", would the child absorb alleged cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by regardless?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "The parents realize this could fail, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the education sector who have similar doubts.
Peter Cui, chief executive of Blue Education, who also offer private tutors, commented that "the process of becoming bicultural, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been raised knowing and embodying both cultures. He continued to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a living vessel of English culture, someone who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a UK sophisticate to a infant child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"In my experience, having a quintessentially UK tutor from babyhood will does not automatically achieve the outcome they desire.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to live many of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, UK identity is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
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