"A family based in North London seeks an remarkable and qualified instructor to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might readily miss the term "beginning" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to recruit a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have already been received since the unidentified family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the post has attracted attention throughout the media, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that in spite of initial scepticism, he viewed the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he said they appreciated the unusual nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had by then set in".
But what does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family told him they did not want history to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To hire a UK tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," explained the expert.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the UK customs they want to impart.
He noted the tutor must be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the selected educator should preferably also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, despite all this guidance in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied he. "They realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the education sector who express those reservations.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
He noted that he had emigrated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been educated understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that one individual can function as a living vessel of English culture, a person who can in some way impart the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially British tutor from babyhood will does not instantly create the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been privileged enough to experience several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, English culture is something the expert thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the reality that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
