"A household residing in North London is looking for an remarkable and experienced instructor to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the term "initial stages" as just figurative language.
However, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have already been received since the unidentified family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the advert has gained attention across the media, with several questioning why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, said that in spite of first skepticism, he considered the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they recognized the unusual nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they did not want the same situation to recur with their infant.
The strategy: To engage a British tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the learning at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to impart.
Adam said the tutor must be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed him the chosen tutor should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping 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 adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", could the child adopt what is termed cultural influence from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "The parents understand this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the private teaching field who have those reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
Peter explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the UK at the age of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of UK identity, a person who can somehow transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will does not necessarily create the outcome they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience many of the experiences they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity should not be dictated from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, Britishness is something Adam believes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"In my view the fact that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
