"Parents located in the northern part of London seeks an extraordinary and experienced educator to guide their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily overlook the term "beginning" as just an expression.
However, it could be the crucial part of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of responses have now been submitted since the anonymous family posted their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has attracted attention throughout the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that in spite of early doubt, he viewed the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual nature of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had by then become established".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to repeat itself with their younger child.
The strategy: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to instil.
He noted the tutor must be an individual who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed him the successful candidate should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he notes.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child absorb what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he is raised by anyway?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The parents know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the tutoring industry who share those doubts.
Peter Cui, head and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert explained that he had emigrated from China to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised experiencing and living two backgrounds. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can function as a representation of Britishness, a person who can possibly impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly English tutor from early childhood will will not instantly create the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something the expert thinks can be educated – and sold.
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