"Parents located in North London wants to find an extraordinary and skilled educator to guide their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might naturally overlook the wording "initial stages" as simple an expression.
But, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to find a mentor for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have since been sent in since the anonymous family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the post has attracted interest throughout the media, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their search, explained that despite early skepticism, he considered the concept "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had by then taken hold".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", he answered. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to repeat itself with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the outset here is rather acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to cultivate.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be an individual who went to "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to register the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this guidance in "UK identity", might the child pick up alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by in any case?
"Certainly", answered he. "The family realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who share similar doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
Peter noted that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been educated knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to study at Cambridge University.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman to a infant child, seems to me optimistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"Based on my background, having a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will not necessarily achieve the result they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, personal identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, Britishness is something Adam thinks can be educated – and sold.
"I think the reality that the global community regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
