"Parents located in north London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified instructor to guide their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily miss the phrase "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
But, it might be the most important element of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to recruit a mentor for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have now been received since the unnamed family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained attention across the press, with numerous questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their search, stated that despite initial doubt, he considered the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed him they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a UK tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "Britishness", could the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the multicultural family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", replied the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who share those concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert noted that he had moved from China to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a representation of English culture, an individual who can in some way transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, seems to me optimistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will will not instantly produce the outcome they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, personal identity cannot be forced from the outside; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO believes can be taught – and sold.
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