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"A household located in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and skilled educator to guide their youngest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."

Looking at this post, you might easily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.

However, it could be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.

Hundreds of submissions have now been received since the unidentified family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".

In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted interest across the news, with numerous asking why?

Forward-Thinking Method

A tutoring expert, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding first skepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".

When he met the family, he mentioned they appreciated the atypical character of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.

Nevertheless, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already set in".

But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?

It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "The way you eat, how you speak".

He explained the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid history to recur with their younger child.

The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby from the very start.

Subtle Influence

"Much of the learning at the beginning here is somewhat acquired indirectly," said the expert.

It's via this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to impart.

He noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – 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, just naturally," he commented.

Expense Not a Factor

The family told the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.

Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".

In the family's minds, assisting their son become a "British gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.

"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.

Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", might the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the multicultural family he is raised by in any case?

"Yes", answered the CEO. "The family understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he said.

Idealistic and Unrealistic

Several in the tutoring industry who have similar reservations.

Peter Cui, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who supplies personal educators, stated that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."

Peter explained that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.

"The concept that an individual can function as a representation of English culture, a person who can in some way impart the characteristics of a English gentleman onto a infant child, seems to me idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.

"Based on my background, employing a typically British tutor from babyhood will not instantly create the outcome they hope for.

"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the experiences they hope for their son."

He continued: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."

Purchasing UK Culture

Certainly, Britishness is something Adam believes can be educated – and sold.

"I think the reality that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating