"A household located in North London seeks an exceptional and skilled tutor to guide their smallest child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally overlook the term "beginning" as simple an expression.
However, it may be the most significant element of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have since been received since the anonymous family published their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has attracted attention in the media, with many questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, explained that despite first doubt, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the atypical aspect of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the elder child had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The intention: To engage a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the learning at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will adopt the British traits they wish to impart.
He said the tutor had to be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to him the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the international family he lives with in any case?
"Absolutely", replied he. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the private teaching field who have these concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter noted that he had moved from China to the UK at the period of seven, and had been brought up understanding and practicing both cultures. He continued to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can possibly transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a infant child, appears naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly British tutor from infancy will does not automatically produce the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something the expert hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the fact that the international society views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
