"A household based in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and skilled instructor to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might easily miss the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this distinctive position posting, as it aims to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of submissions have now been received since the unnamed family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has received interest throughout the press, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their search, stated that in spite of first scepticism, he considered the idea "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the elder child had adopted "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the start here is somewhat acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be an individual who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or interest in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to shape the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
However, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with in any case?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The family realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the tutoring industry who express these concerns.
An education leader, chief executive of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
Peter wrote that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been educated knowing and embodying both cultures. He progressed to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a representation of UK identity, someone who can possibly transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he wrote.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly English tutor from early childhood will not automatically produce the goal they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the experiences they desire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, UK identity is something Adam believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
