"Parents residing in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and skilled educator to support their most junior child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
Yet, it might be the most important element of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have since been sent in since the unnamed family published their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has received interest throughout the news, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, explained that despite initial scepticism, he considered the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
What exactly did the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the firstborn had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family explained to him they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their younger child.
The strategy: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will acquire the British traits they aim to impart.
Adam noted the tutor must be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to him the chosen tutor should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in horse riding, winter sports, creative fields and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
However, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", said Adam. "The parents know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as early as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who have these doubts.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
He wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can in some way impart the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, seems to me naive and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a typically English tutor from early childhood will not automatically create the outcome they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and yet I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I believe the situation that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
