"A household located in the northern part of London seeks an exceptional and experienced instructor to guide their smallest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might readily miss the phrase "initial stages" as simple a turn of phrase.
Yet, it may be the most significant part of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to recruit a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of responses have already been received since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the advert has received notice across the press, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding first scepticism, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the atypical character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated 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 point "cultural conditioning had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to influence the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the outset here is kind of absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they want to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor needed to be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he explained 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 tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in success and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
But, despite all this guidance in "English culture", would the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the international family he is raised by regardless?
"Certainly", said he. "They understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we should start as early as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the tutoring industry who have those reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He explained that he had moved from Asia to the Britain at the age of childhood, and had been raised understanding and embodying dual heritages. He continued to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that one individual can act as a living vessel of Britishness, an individual who can possibly transfer the attributes of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, strikes me as naive and unfeasible," he wrote.
"In my experience, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will does not instantly achieve the outcome they want.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity should not be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the global community regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
