"A household residing in north London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified instructor to assist their smallest child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily skip the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it could be the most important element of this unique position posting, as it seeks to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of applications have already been received since the unnamed family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has received interest in the media, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he found the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he said they understood the unusual aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had picked up "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told him they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their infant.
The strategy: To bring in a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will acquire the British traits they aim to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor must be an individual who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family informed Adam the selected educator should preferably also have knowledge of or passion in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
But, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the international family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", said he. "The family understand this may not work, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who have similar reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up understanding and practicing dual heritages. He went on to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can somehow transfer the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a 12-month-old child, appears naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will will not automatically create the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and sold.
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