"Parents based in north London wants to find an remarkable and experienced instructor to guide their smallest child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily overlook the wording "beginning" as mere figurative language.
However, it may be the most important element of this unique position posting, as it aims to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of responses have now been received since the anonymous family advertised their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the post has received notice in the media, with many questioning why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that despite initial scepticism, he viewed the plan "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already become established".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be somebody who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the selected educator should preferably also have knowledge of or passion in equestrian activities, winter sports, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
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 "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will bring about achievement and open doors.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he comments.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child absorb so-called cultural leaning from the multicultural family he resides with in any case?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The family know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the education sector who share these doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the development of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
Peter explained that he had relocated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the time of seven, and had been brought up understanding and living both cultures. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that an individual can function as a embodiment of Britishness, an individual who can somehow transfer the attributes of a British gentleman onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and impractical," he stated.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will not automatically produce the outcome they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
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