"Parents based in the northern part of London seeks an extraordinary and qualified tutor to support their youngest child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might readily overlook the wording "first-steps" as just figurative language.
However, it could be the most significant element of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a infant.
Many of responses have already been submitted since the unnamed family published their request for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted interest in the news, with many questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, stated that in spite of early doubt, he viewed the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the atypical aspect of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already become established".
What precisely does the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To engage a British tutor, who should speak with RP, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they wish to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, winter sports, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will result in success and create opportunities.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", could the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the international family he resides with anyway?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The parents know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who have those doubts.
Peter Cui, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had moved from Asia to the United Kingdom at the age of childhood, and had been educated understanding and embodying dual heritages. He continued to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that a single person can act as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can in some way transplant the attributes of a British gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears naive and unfeasible," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will will not automatically achieve the goal they hope for.
"I never had such a figure, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity should not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"In my view the situation that the international society holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
