"A family located in North London seeks an remarkable and skilled instructor to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might easily overlook the term "first-steps" as just an expression.
Yet, it could be the crucial aspect of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a infant.
Many of submissions have now been sent in since the unidentified family posted their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has received notice throughout the press, with several questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding early scepticism, he found the plan "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already set in".
But what did the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert answered. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to him they hoped to prevent this pattern to repeat itself with their younger child.
The plan: To engage a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they want to cultivate.
The consultant said the tutor must be someone who attended "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or enthusiasm in horse riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son become a "UK sophisticate" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", would the child absorb what is termed cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", replied he. "The family realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who express those reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the age of seven, and had been educated understanding and living both cultures. He continued to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a representation of English culture, a person who can in some way transplant the qualities of a English gentleman to a infant child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"In my experience, engaging a typically UK tutor from babyhood will does not instantly create the result they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to experience many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, personal identity should not be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, UK identity is something Adam thinks can be instructed – and commercialized.
"In my view the situation that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
