"A household residing in north London wants to find an remarkable and skilled tutor to guide their youngest child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally overlook the wording "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the crucial element of this unusual employment listing, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of applications have already been sent in since the unnamed family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the listing has attracted attention throughout the news, with many asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite initial skepticism, he viewed the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual character of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told Adam they did not want the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the start here is kind of osmotic," explained Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the UK customs they wish to impart.
He said the tutor had to be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed Adam the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child pick up what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he is raised by anyway?
"Absolutely", said the CEO. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the tutoring industry who have these doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of becoming bicultural, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He wrote that he had emigrated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been brought up experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can function as a representation of English culture, an individual who can possibly transfer the qualities of a English gentleman to a infant child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a quintessentially UK tutor from early childhood will not necessarily achieve the result they want.
"I never had such a figure, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live many of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be dictated from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the expert believes can be taught – and marketed.
"I believe the situation that the international society views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
