"Parents residing in North London is looking for an exceptional and experienced educator to guide their most junior child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily skip the wording "initial stages" as simple an expression.
But, it might be the most important part of this unique job advert, as it aims to find a teacher for a infant.
Many of applications have now been received since the anonymous family published their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained notice in the news, with many questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, explained that in spite of initial skepticism, he viewed the plan "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the atypical character of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already taken hold".
But what does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the elder child had adopted "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed Adam they did not want the same situation to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who needs to 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 Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to him the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or passion in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
But, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", could the child absorb what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "The parents understand this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the tutoring industry who have those reservations.
Peter Cui, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had emigrated from China to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can act as a living vessel of Britishness, a person who can in some way transfer the qualities of a British gentleman upon a infant child, seems to me naive and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, having a typically UK tutor from babyhood will not instantly create the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, English culture is something the expert thinks can be educated – and commercialized.
"I believe the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
