"A household based in North London wants to find an remarkable and experienced tutor to guide their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might readily skip the term "initial stages" as just an expression.
But, it could be the crucial part of this distinctive job advert, as it seeks to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have since been sent in since the unnamed family posted their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the post has gained interest throughout the media, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their search, explained that in spite of early scepticism, he considered the plan "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they recognized the unusual aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then become established".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the firstborn had adopted "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to Adam they wished to avoid history to repeat itself with their new baby.
The intention: To engage a UK tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the learning at the outset here is rather acquired indirectly," explained the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they aim to impart.
Adam said the tutor needed to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to success and provide access.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", would the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", said Adam. "They realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as early as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the education sector who share those doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the period of childhood, and had been brought up experiencing and embodying both cultures. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, a person who can possibly impart the attributes of a British gentleman onto a one-year-old child, seems to me naive and unrealistic," he commented.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will does not necessarily achieve the goal they desire.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, Britishness is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
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