"A family residing in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and skilled tutor to support their youngest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might easily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
Yet, it might be the most important part of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have since been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received interest throughout the press, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their search, said that notwithstanding early skepticism, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they recognized the atypical character of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed the consultant they did not want this pattern to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the education at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they want to cultivate.
Adam explained the tutor must be somebody who studied at "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child adopt so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Yes", answered Adam. "The family realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the private teaching field who share similar doubts.
An education leader, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the period of seven, and had been raised experiencing and living both cultures. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can act as a living vessel of English culture, a person who can somehow transfer the characteristics of a British gentleman to a infant child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from infancy will will not necessarily produce the result they want.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam believes can be educated – and marketed.
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