"Parents located in the northern part of London is looking for an exceptional and qualified educator to support their youngest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might readily miss the phrase "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the most significant element of this unusual job advert, as it aims to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have now been received since the unnamed family advertised their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the post has gained attention across the media, with numerous asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that in spite of early doubt, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the atypical character of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family told Adam they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor had to be someone who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he adds.
But, despite all this guidance in "Britishness", could the child absorb what is termed cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who express similar concerns.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He explained that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been brought up understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can somehow transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, strikes me as optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, engaging a typically English tutor from babyhood will will not instantly produce the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, UK identity is something the expert hopes can be taught – and marketed.
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