"A family based in North London wants to find an remarkable and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might naturally overlook the term "first-steps" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial aspect of this unusual employment listing, as it attempts to find a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have since been received since the unidentified family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the post has attracted interest across the news, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their quest, stated that despite early doubt, he viewed the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the unusual nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had by then become established".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told him they did not want history to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is somewhat osmotic," explained Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they aim to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be someone who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the successful candidate should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, the arts and music so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and provide access.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this instruction in "English culture", might the child pick up alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The family know this could fail, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the education sector who express those doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who supplies private tutors, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the age of childhood, and had been raised understanding and living both cultures. He progressed to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a representation of UK identity, a person who can possibly impart the attributes of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, employing a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will will not instantly achieve the outcome they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and marketed.
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