"A family residing in north London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified educator to assist their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily skip the phrase "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this unique job advert, as it aims to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has attracted attention across the media, with many questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding early skepticism, he viewed the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he said they recognized the atypical nature of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already become established".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to him they wished to avoid history to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the learning at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," said the expert.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they aim to instil.
The consultant said the tutor had to be someone who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son develop into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he comments.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", said he. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as soon as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who express those concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the period of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and living both cultures. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, someone who can somehow impart the attributes of a English gentleman onto a infant child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, having a typically UK tutor from infancy will not necessarily create the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live numerous of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, personal identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, English culture is something the expert thinks can be educated – and sold.
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