"Parents residing in North London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified educator to support their youngest child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally skip the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of responses have now been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the advert has gained attention across the news, with numerous questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding first skepticism, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they recognized the unconventional aspect of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He said the elder child had picked up "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to him they hoped to prevent history to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To engage a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the outset here is kind of absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they want to instil.
Adam explained the tutor had to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or passion in horse riding, alpine skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped 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 approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he notes.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Certainly", answered he. "They understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as soon as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who express these reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who supplies private tutors, stated that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the age of seven, and had been raised understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that one individual can function as a representation of Britishness, someone who can in some way impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a infant child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will will not instantly achieve the result they want.
"I did not have such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to live many of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and marketed.
"In my view the reality that the global community views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
