"Parents located in north London seeks an remarkable and skilled instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might naturally miss the phrase "first-steps" as mere figurative language.
But, it might be the most significant aspect of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have now been submitted since the anonymous family posted their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the post has received attention in the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, stated that despite initial scepticism, he considered the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the unusual aspect of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is somewhat osmotic," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will adopt the UK customs they wish to impart.
He said the tutor needed to be an individual who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will result in success and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
But, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with in any case?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the education sector who express these reservations.
Peter Cui, chief executive of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert wrote that he had emigrated from China to the Britain at the time of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and living two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The concept that one individual can act as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can in some way impart the attributes of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a distinctly UK tutor from early childhood will not necessarily create the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO believes can be taught – and marketed.
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