"A household residing in north London is looking for an remarkable and skilled educator to support their youngest child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily overlook the wording "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
Yet, it may be the most important part of this unique position posting, as it attempts to find a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has attracted notice in the news, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding early skepticism, he found the plan "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed him they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To engage a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the education at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they aim to impart.
The consultant explained the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a wide range of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will result in success and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "They realize this may not work, but they've just taken the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the tutoring industry who share those reservations.
An education leader, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who supplies personal educators, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, a person who can somehow transplant the qualities of a English gentleman to a infant child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, having a quintessentially British tutor from babyhood will not necessarily produce the goal they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, personal identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO thinks can be instructed – and commercialized.
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