"Parents located in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and experienced tutor to support their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily miss the wording "first-steps" as simple figurative language.
However, it may be the most important element of this distinctive employment listing, as it aims to hire a mentor for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have already been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted notice in the press, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that despite first scepticism, he viewed the plan "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they understood the atypical character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
But what did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert responded. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told the consultant they did not want history to happen again with their new baby.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the education at the start here is kind of acquired indirectly," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to cultivate.
He said the tutor had to be an individual who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family informed Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a variety of classes 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, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this instruction in "English culture", could the child pick up alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", replied he. "The family realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who share those doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the age of seven, and had been raised knowing and living dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a representation of UK identity, someone who can somehow transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a infant child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from early childhood will does not instantly produce the goal they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, personal identity should not be imposed from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, English culture is something the expert hopes can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the fact that the global community regards us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
