"A household residing in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily miss the phrase "first-steps" as simple a turn of phrase.
However, it could be the crucial element of this distinctive position posting, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have now been received since the unidentified family posted their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the post has received attention across the press, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that despite first doubt, he found the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already become established".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed him they wished to avoid history to happen again with their younger child.
The strategy: To engage a British tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is kind of osmotic," explained Adam.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will adopt the British traits they aim to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of interests.
More than that though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this guidance in "Britishness", could the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Certainly", said Adam. "The parents know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we should start as early as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who express similar reservations.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who supplies personal educators, stated that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been raised knowing and living two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that one individual can function as a representation of Britishness, an individual who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will not automatically achieve the goal they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to enjoy many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, self-identity should not be dictated from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something the expert hopes can be instructed – and sold.
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