"A family located in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and experienced tutor to assist their most junior child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally miss the wording "beginning" as simple figurative language.
However, it could be the most significant element of this unique job advert, as it attempts to find a tutor for a infant.
Many of submissions have now been submitted since the unidentified family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted interest throughout the news, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of early skepticism, he found the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they appreciated the unconventional character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", he answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed the consultant they hoped to prevent history to happen again with their new baby.
The plan: To engage a British tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's via this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to instil.
Adam explained the tutor must be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
However, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Certainly", answered he. "The parents know this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who express similar concerns.
Peter Cui, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
He noted that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been raised knowing and living dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a representation of UK identity, someone who can in some way transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me naive and unfeasible," he stated.
"In my experience, engaging a typically English tutor from babyhood will not automatically achieve the result they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience several of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and sold.
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