"Parents residing in North London wants to find an remarkable and qualified educator to assist their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
But, it could be the most important part of this distinctive employment listing, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of applications have now been submitted since the unnamed family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has gained notice in the news, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that despite early skepticism, he considered the plan "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the unconventional nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then become established".
What precisely does the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he replied. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they hoped to prevent the same situation to happen again with their infant.
The plan: To engage a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the education at the start here is rather absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to impart.
He explained the tutor needed to be an individual who went to "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in riding, winter sports, creative fields and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he notes.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child adopt what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Certainly", answered he. "The family know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the private teaching field who have those concerns.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had emigrated from China to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that an individual can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, a person who can somehow transplant the characteristics of a UK sophisticate to a infant child, seems to me optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will not instantly produce the goal they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something Adam hopes can be taught – and sold.
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