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In the affluent neighborhoods of north London, a unique job opportunity has caught the attention of many. An anonymous family is seeking an extraordinary and experienced tutor to guide their one-year-old child in the ways of an English gentleman. This unconventional request has sparked curiosity and controversy in equal measure.
The family behind the advert, in collaboration with Tutors International, is seeking someone special who can start molding the child from a very young age. The family explained that they had waited until their older child was five to hire a tutor, by which time they felt cultural biases had already set in. They are determined not to make the same mistake with their youngest.
To achieve this goal, the ideal candidate must be a British tutor with Received Pronunciation. The family hopes that by immersing the child in British culture from the beginning, they can prevent any cultural biases from influencing the child’s upbringing. The focus is not on the cost of this endeavor but rather on the long-term benefits they believe it will bring.
Despite the family’s best intentions, some experts in the tutoring industry have raised concerns about the feasibility of this approach. Peter Cui, CEO of Blue Education, emphasized the importance of living into one’s cultural identity rather than having it engineered by a tutor. He shared his own experience of moving from China to the UK at a young age and believes that becoming bicultural is a process that cannot be rushed or forced
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