"Parents located in north London wants to find an remarkable and skilled tutor to support their youngest child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily miss the term "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial part of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have already been submitted since the unidentified family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted notice throughout the media, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their quest, explained that in spite of first scepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already become established".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the firstborn had adopted "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they wished to avoid history to repeat itself with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," explained the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will acquire the English characteristics they aim to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Additionally though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "English gentleman" will lead to achievement and create opportunities.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
However, despite all this guidance in "Britishness", would the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Certainly", replied Adam. "The parents know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the education sector who express those reservations.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, wrote that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and living two backgrounds. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that one individual can serve as a representation of English culture, a person who can in some way impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a typically British tutor from early childhood will will not instantly produce the outcome they hope for.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to live several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO thinks can be taught – and commercialized.
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