"Parents located in North London seeks an remarkable and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might naturally miss the wording "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial element of this distinctive position posting, as it aims to hire a mentor for a infant.
Many of submissions have since been submitted since the unnamed family advertised their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received interest in the press, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that despite early scepticism, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unconventional character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had by then set in".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert replied. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He said the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family informed him they did not want this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is rather absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they want to impart.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", would the child adopt what is termed cultural bias from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Absolutely", answered he. "They realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who share similar concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer personal educators, wrote that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that a single person can act as a representation of Britishness, an individual who can somehow impart the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a infant child, appears optimistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a typically British tutor from babyhood will not instantly produce the goal they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience many of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be forced from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert thinks can be educated – and sold.
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