"A family located in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and qualified instructor to guide their youngest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
When reading this advertisement, you might easily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as just figurative language.
But, it could be the most significant element of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to find a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have now been submitted since the anonymous family advertised their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained notice in the media, with many questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, said that in spite of early skepticism, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", he replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told the consultant they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the beginning here is rather osmotic," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the British traits they aim to instil.
Adam explained the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Money No Object
The family informed Adam the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a diverse set of interests.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he adds.
But, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The parents understand this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who express those concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been brought up experiencing and living both cultures. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The notion that an individual can function as a representation of Britishness, someone who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, strikes me as optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, engaging a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will does not automatically produce the result they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something the expert hopes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
