"A family residing in north London is looking for an exceptional and skilled tutor to support their smallest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it may be the most important element of this unique position posting, as it aims to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of applications have now been received since the anonymous family published their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted attention throughout the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding first doubt, he considered the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical character of their requirement, and how young their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already set in".
What precisely did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the firstborn had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is kind of acquired indirectly," explained Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the UK customs they wish to impart.
He said the tutor must be someone who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the international family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The parents realize this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the education sector who have these concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He explained that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a living vessel of UK identity, an individual who can somehow transfer the attributes of a British gentleman upon a infant child, appears optimistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly British tutor from infancy will not necessarily produce the result they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live numerous of the experiences they hope for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something the expert thinks can be educated – 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
